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Uniting
people and resources in Tampa and Hillsborough County to end homelessness
by increasing access to affordable housing and shelter.
These are recommendations to increase access to housing and shelter
in the City of Tampa and
Hillsborough County.
Recommendations to achieve our mission:
- Create a Homeless Customer Services Program that coordinates
intake and assessment collaboratively, while creating an accurate
database in real time on homelessness/low income housing and
shelter space availability.
- Develop H.E.L.P. (Hillsborough Emergency Lodging Program)
Shelters to stabilize families while they wait
to get into a mainstream program. To utilize a facility with 25-35
units by using renovated motels or new structures.
- Develop a H.E.L.P. Shelter to stabilize single homeless while
they wait to get into mainstream programs (125 to 200 units).
- Develop a Recuperative Care Center for homeless persons who
are released from hospitals; a facility to recuperate with medical
support before they return to the streets.
- Create incentives to develop Permanent Supportive Housing: Small
facilities with services for the chronically homeless. Monitor
quality of services, facilities, and outcomes.
- PERMANENT HOUSING…By using “Housing First” as the main way to
addressing homelessness. Assist the Tampa Housing Authority,
City of Tampa, and Hillsborough County to prioritize
development of very low-income housing (30% of median income and
below). As a budgeted priority, and endorse the National Housing
Trust Fund.
Tampa-Hillsborough Citizen's
Taskforce
on Homelessness
In November 2005, the Tampa-Hillsborough Citizen's Taskforce on
Homelessness Recommendations reaffirmed the direction of Places
for People. This Taskforce met for a year and included
representatives from service providers, the business community,
faith leaders, local government, law enforcement, community
organizations and chambers of commerce.
Download Places for People,
Tampa/Hillsborough 10-year plan to end homelessness
Download the
Tampa-Hillsborough Citizen's Taskforce on Homelessness
Report/Recommendations.
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