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HSA may work with a clinical research partner to prepare periodic assessments to submit to the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor no less than annually. Each such report shall describe the number of individuals who received benefits under the Pilot Program and evaluate the effectiveness of the Pilot Program at incentivizing drug-free recovery, MAT, and drug-use prevention, and include recommendations for further changes to the Pilot Program as appropriate. HSA shall submit the first report no later than 12 months after the start date of the Pilot Program and the second report no later than 12 months after the first report. A report shall be submitted between six and eight months prior to the sunset date for the Pilot Program, as stated in Section 20.20-7, so that the Mayor and Board of Supervisors will have adequate time to consider whether to transform the Pilot Program into a permanent program.
(Added by Ord. 257-24, File No. 240799, App. 11/14/2024, Eff. 12/15/2024)
In establishing the Pilot Program, the City is assuming an undertaking only to promote the general welfare. It is not assuming, nor is it imposing on its officers and employees, an obligation for breach of which it is liable in money damages to any person who claims that such a breach proximately caused injury.
(Added by Ord. 257-24, File No. 240799, App. 11/14/2024, Eff. 12/15/2024)
Unless the Board of Supervisors by ordinance extends the term of the Pilot Program, this Article XX and subsection (j) of Section 20.7-14 of Article VII of Chapter 20 of the Administrative Code shall expire by operation of law three years after the effective date of the ordinance in Board File No. 240799 enacting this Article and Section 20.7-14(j). Upon expiration of Article XX and Subsection (j) of Section 20.7-14, the City Attorney is authorized to cause such provisions to be removed from the Administrative Code.
(Added by Ord. 257-24, File No. 240799, App. 11/14/2024, Eff. 12/15/2024)
Findings. | |
Definitions. | |
Rapid Rehousing Policy. | |
Reporting. | |
No Conflict with Federal or State Law. | |
Severability. | |
Undertaking for the General Welfare. |
Editor’s Note:
Article XXI was originally enacted as Article XX by Ord. No. 289-24, but has been redesignated as Article XXI to avoid conflicting with the preexisting Article XX enacted by Ord. No. 257-24. Corresponding revisions have been made within Article XXI to reflect the redesignation.
(a) From 2022 through 2024, based on the City’s annual Point-In-Time Count, the number of unsheltered households in San Francisco with minor children increased by 98%.
(b) High rent, wage stagnation, and the high cost of living continues to make housing in San Francisco unaffordable, and as a result, permanent rent subsidies provide families the best chance of exiting homelessness. Accordingly, short-to-medium-term subsidies are an important resource for a portion of the homeless population who, with appropriate support over time, are able to assume responsibility for payment of rent on their own.
(c) The City operates a number of programs that offer families rent subsidies that last for a period of time between three months and three years. Some families who accept a time-limited subsidy may be unable to assume responsibility for paying the rent on their own at the end of the fixed term, leading to a return to homelessness. With additional time and support, many such families could become financially self-sufficient and afford their rent on their own. For example, HSH data shows a higher rate of positive outcomes for family households that were able to extend their subsidy beyond two years.
(Added by Ord. 289-24, File No. 241038, App. 12/19/2024, Eff. 1/19/2025)
For purposes of this Article XXI, the following definitions apply:
“City” or “San Francisco” means the City and County of San Francisco.
“Household” means any person or persons who resides, or intends to reside, in the same housing unit with at least one person under the age of 18.
“HSA” means the Human Services Agency.
“HSH” means the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing.
“Rapid Rehousing Programs” means the Time-Limited Rent Subsidy programs operated by HSH or HSA to provide rent subsidies to families experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
“Time-Limited Rent Subsidy” means a recurring payment provided through a Rapid Rehousing Program to an eligible Household, with a fixed term of no more than three years. A Time-Limited Rent Subsidy shall not include any payment to a tenant or landlord for the purpose of preventing eviction by curing a tenant’s nonpayment of rent and/or other charges.
(Added by Ord. 289-24, File No. 241038, App. 12/19/2024, Eff. 1/19/2025)
To prevent families from returning to homelessness and enhance the effectiveness of the City’s Time-Limited Rent Subsidies, it shall be the policy of the City, subject to the budgetary and fiscal provisions of the Charter, to:
(a) Ensure that every Household that receives a Time-Limited Rent Subsidy is assessed no later than three months prior to the expiration of that subsidy to determine if the Household is at risk of returning to homelessness at the end of the fixed subsidy term; and, where the assessment concludes that termination of the Time-Limited Subsidy is likely to result in a Household’s return to homelessness, ensure that the Household is provided with one or more extensions of the rent subsidy for a maximum subsidy term not to exceed five years,;1
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(b) Ensure that every Household that receives the maximum subsidy term is assessed to determine whether the Household is at risk of returning to homelessness; and where the assessment concludes that a Household is likely to return to homelessness, ensure that the Household is referred to other City housing programs; and
(c) Ensure that every Household that receives a Time-Limited Rent Subsidy is provided with notice that they may be eligible for an extension of their rent subsidy under this Article XXI; and
(d) Maximize and exhaust all available federal and state funds that may be used to provide rent subsidies before expending General Funds to comply with this Article XXI.
(Added by Ord. 289-24, File No. 241038, App. 12/19/2024, Eff. 1/19/2025)
CODIFICATION NOTE
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