REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Homeless Services Annual Update for FY 2024/25 (Information Only)
Report
BACKGROUND
In 2022, the City Council added "Supporting the Unhoused Community" as a Council Strategic Priority. During the 2025 Council Strategic Priorities Workshop, which was held on March 13, 2025, the Council updated this Strategic Priority to: "A model to prevent homelessness, prioritize new housing and support the unhoused community."
Also in 2022, Council authorized and funded street outreach services through a contract with HomeFirst (RTC No. 22-0517) to support unhoused individuals with exiting homelessness. The original term of the contract was June 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, and a three-month extension was subsequently approved under the City Manager's authority. The contract for street outreach services with HomeFirst was extended two additional times through September 30, 2024 (RTC Nos. 23-0851 and 24-0029).
In August 2024, City Council approved a one-year service agreement with WeHOPE totaling $909,780 for Street Outreach and Essential Homeless Services and four additional one-year option periods to extend the agreement based on available funding and performance (RTC No. 24-0830).
In December 2024, City Council approved the first amendment to the service agreement with WeHOPE for an additional $73,185 to operate the City's first Inclement Weather Hotel Pilot Program (RTC No. 24-0198). A second amendment was approved for an additional $120,209 for the expansion of the temporary hotel program (RTC No. 25-0642, June 12, 2025). Under the City Manager's authority, the City recently executed a third amendment to extend the term of the agreement for an additional one-year period, the first of four one-year optional extensions.
EXISTING POLICY
GENERAL PLAN - HOUSING ELEMENT
GOAL H-5 EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS - Promote equal housing opportunities for all residents, including Sunnyvale's special needs populations, so that ...
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