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Home Together 2026: System Needs Investments A systemwide needs analysis conducted in 2019- Overall, more than 24,000 additional housing exits 20 and updated in 2021 points to significant gaps are needed over five years to reach a point at which in the current system in the type and availability of the number of people who become homeless in a housing resources. Today, only an estimated 36% of year and the number who leave homelessness in those in need can be supported by local resources that time are in balance. These 24,000 interventions or are able to find housing or leave homelessness include everything from short-term prevention to on their own. Each year, thousands of people remain permanent subsidies and housing with services, homeless and each year new people who become depending on the needs of the households. homeless join them. Without significant effort and Due to the high rate of unsheltered homelessness investment, homelessness will continue to grow. (an estimated 79%of people experiencing Proposed changes to Alameda County's homelessness in Alameda County are unsheltered) homeless response system and pathways to leave Home Together 2026 includes a significant increase homelessness are designed to ensure that deep in shelter in the first two years, followed by a slow disparities in our system are addressed through decline in shelter as more housing resources become new investments at every level. These investments available and less shelter is needed. Some of the include creating extensive new program models and planned added shelter will be able to be converted pathways out of homelessness, using affordable to much needed housing in later years. housing dedicated for people experiencing The estimated cost of increasing the shelter and homelessness, PSH for people who need more housing inventory over the coming five years to supports, targeted behavioral health services, fully meet the need would be $2.5 billion. This improved and expanded homelessness prevention, includes roughly$430 million for additional transitional housing for youth and shallow and shelter, $1.68 billion for permanent housing such flexible rental assistance to fill gaps for people as dedicated affordable housing and permanent with limited incomes in addition to expanding supportive housing, and $388 million for current program models such as Rapid Rehousing prevention, rapid rehousing and shallow (more and Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH). Home limited) subsidies. This does not include the one- Together 2026 envisions an optimized system time development costs for new buildings, but focused on reducing new entries to homelessness covers operations and services, and subsidies to by preventing it when possible, and creating a more help people rent existing housing. robust response system with enough resources at the end of five years to provide a housing exit to every person who does become homeless. Impact of Increased Investment on Homeless System Outcomes Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year G Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 I (2021) (2022) (2023; (2624; (2025) (2026) (2022) (2023) (2024`% (2025) (2026) r 2 urrent trajectory,current investments � Annual HH in the system Reduction in newly homeless,current investments � HHs served in pathways to housing .�� Reduction in new!y homeless, increased investments i Unmet needs