About: Supportive Housing Committee
Committee Contact: Amie Fishman, Executive Director, East Bay Housing Organization (EBHO)
(510) 663-3830 • amie@ebho.org
Committee Meetings: Quarterly, To Be Determined
The goal of this committee is to increase the number of permanent supportive housing units in Alameda County by growing the capacity, awareness, and resources for permanent supportive housing development and operations. Supportive Housing encompasses several topic specific sub-committees that work on the following:
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Community Living Facilities — Improving and expanding high-quality, recovery-oriented licensed board & cares, room & board, sober living, halfway houses, and residential hotels for people with severe mental illness and addiction to other drugs, many of whom have been or are at risk of being homeless.
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Emergency and Transitional Housing—Recommend policies, practices, and staff development that Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing providers can implement to focus on ending homelessness.
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Funding and Service Models — Support local developers in utilizing new funding sources given conflicting requirements by studying current developments in Alameda County.
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Jurisdictional Policy Development — Develop best practices and strategies for local governments to implement EveryOne Home.
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Dedicated Revenue Stream — Identify and campaign for passage of a dedicated revenue stream for capital development, operations, and services in Permanent Supportive Housing.
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Property Management and Master Leasing — Improve quality and support practitioners of property management in permanent supportive housing, recommend strategy for expanding capacity to master lease units on county-wide basis, and improve homeless and disabled persons access to new units by revising tenant screening criteria.