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Development of Permanent Supportive HousingPath to Ending Chronic Homelessness Tara Perez Directions Home Manager City Manager’s Office Ending Chronic Homelessness •The Problem •The Solution •What Success Looks Like •Our Goal •Next Steps 2 The Problem: Chronic Homelessness Chronically homeless •Homeless longer than one year, disabled •Only 20% of homeless population •Older, higher percentage of males than overall homeless population •Often overlap with unsheltered population •Cost of one person living one year unsheltered -$30,000 -$40,000 •Highest needs, highest vulnerabilities of homeless population •Estimated 217 remaining in the City of Fort Worth Qualify for most intensive intervention –permanent supportive housing (PSH) 3 The Solution: Permanent Supportive Housing •Long-term rental assistance •Long-term supportive services •Case managers to support client health, housing stability, job training, employment goals •Available as long as client follows the lease •Scattered or single site 4 History •Directions Home Plan (2008) •Goal: End chronic homelessness •Homelessness Task Force (2014) •Recommended creation of 600 units of PSH •Permanent Supportive Housing Task Force (2015) •Guidelines for PSH •Affordable Housing Plan (2018) •Included PSH 5 What Success Looks Like •Casa de Esperanza •New Leaf •Palm Tree Apartments •Samaritan House Single Room Occupancy 6 •On Site Services •Sense of Community •Lower barriers to entry •Close to public transportation 7 Casa de Esperanza Palm Tree Apartments New Leaf Samaritan House Locations of single site PSH projects Casa de Esperanza 8 3804 Tanacross Drive •119 Units of Permanent Supportive Housing for COVID-vulnerable •Conversion of studio hotel into efficiency apartments •Bus stop onsite •Under $78,000 per renovated unit •Status: In operation 6 months Esperanza Eligibility and Tenants •Homeless longer than one year and disability •Either be over 65 or have health condition CDC considers related to severe COVID •Average annual income -$5,626 •Average age -55 (Oldest tenant is 76) •At least 9 tenants were homeless over 9 years All tenants have remained housed except one who passed away. 9 Esperanza Roles and Services Owner: FW Casa de Esperanza LP (created by Fort Worth Housing Solutions and Ojala Holdings) Property management: Roscoe Property Management Lender: City of Fort Worth (CARES CRF) –structured as 20 year forgivable loan Onsite Services •3 case managers (Presbyterian Night Shelter) •1 licensed chemical dependency counselor (MHMR) •1.5 community health workers (JPS Health) 10 Casa de Esperanza Transformation 11 Casa de Esperanza Transformation 12 Casa de Esperanza Transformation 13 New Leaf Community Services 14 4444 Quail Trail •48 units of permanent supportive housing •New construction of one-story pin-wheel quadplexes, community room and laundry room •Close to retail and transportation •Under $100,000 per newly constructed unit •Status: Anticipated leasing July - September New Leaf Tenants •Homeless longer than one year •Have disability All referrals through Coordinated Entry 15 New Leaf Roles and Services 16 Owner: New Leaf Community Services, a 501(c)3 Board Members: Members of First Presbyterian Church, Paulos Foundation Property management: Pride Lender: City of Fort Worth (HOME) and FWHFC – structured as 20 year forgivable loans Onsite Services 2 case managers from DRC Solutions 1 behavioral health case manager through MHMR Part-time activity/volunteer coordinator New Leaf Progress 17 Estimated Lease Up: July -September 14 Buildings Our Goal •Target resources to PSH until chronic homelessness is ended •By 2024, to have sufficient resources that everyone that qualifies and wants PSH can access it •Add housing to mitigate impact of camping ban 18 Two Capital Funding Models Public/private partnership •Fort Worth Housing Finance Corporation Funds require $1 for $1 match from local foundations Leveraging one time federal funds •Able to move quickly with 100% funding 19 Funding Comparison: Capital Casa de Esperanza $9.25 million of Coronavirus Relief Funds in CARES New Leaf 20 CAPITAL PUBLIC FUNDS Fort Worth Housing Finance Corporation $1,200,000 HOME from City of Fort Worth $500,000 CAPITAL PRIVATE FUNDS First Presbyterian Church $1,000,000 Foundations: Morris, Sid Richardson, Amon Carter, Ryan, Paulos $2,000,000 Other Private $45,500 TOTAL $4,745,500 Advantage: Leveraged Private Funds Advantage: No fundraising = Fast Development Funding Comparison: Operating Casa de Esperanza •Project based vouchers- (mainstream and Housing Choice Vouchers) from Fort Worth Housing Solutions •Term: 20 years •Renewal: Can be renewed once for another 20 years New Leaf •Rental assistance to DRC Solutions from the Continuum of Care (HUD) •Term: 1 year •Renewal: Annually (historically projects that perform well get renewed year after year) 21 Funding Comparison: Services Casa de Esperanza $350,000 annually through Directions Home In the future, services will be paid for by revenue from vouchers. New Leaf Funded by rental assistance revenue 22 Our Goal Scope of Chronic Homelessness Estimated currently chronic in CFW 217 PSH additions CFW RFP 150 New Leaf 48 Move Up strategies 19 Total PSH units 217 23 Estimate provided by Tarrant County Homeless Coalition on May 24, 2021. By 2024, to have sufficient PSH units so that everyone who qualifies and wants a unit can access it Our Plan for Capital Funding 24 Capital Funding Sources for PSH Directions Home Capital $1,262,801 Fort Worth Housing Finance Corporation $2,550,000 Foundation Match to Fort Worth Housing Finance Corporation Funds $2,550,000 HOME funds for Homelessness (ARPA) $8,956,476 TOTAL $15,319,277 Combine Strengths of Funding Approaches: -Offer all funding eliminating fundraising time -Include some private funds to leverage FWHFC $1 for $1 match -Have one RFP for all funding sources to streamline application and enable units to be delivered faster System Context •SYSTEM GOALS – •End chronic homelessness •Prevent people from becoming chronically homeless (house within one year) •Move Up strategy with Emergency Housing Vouchers –rental assistance, no or light case management •Treasury Emergency Rental Assistance funds •System inflow still in flux due to COVID and COVID-related funding •Historic level of prevention dollars •Increasing diversion funding and practice 25 Next Steps •June 8 –Mayor & Council communication transferring Directions Home operating to capital •August –Neighborhood Services Department and Directions Home will issue a Notice of Funding Availability •Awaiting final guidance on ARPA HOME funds •September –Anticipated final Certificate of Occupancy for New Leaf 26 Thank you Many thanks to Mayor Price and Council Members for making ending chronic homelessness possible