>>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THIS IS THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING OF THE HUMAN SERVICES,
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT, AND
RENTER RIGHTS COMMITTEE OF THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL . IT IS
2:02 P.M.
ON JUNE 25, 2019 . I AM CHAIR
SAWANT COUNCILMEMBER FOR
DISTRICT 3. UNFORTUNATELY AS
FAR AS I KNOW WE WILL NOT BE
JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
OR COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA .
THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND
TODAY'S MEETING.
FOR OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM, THIS
IS SOMETHING WE JUST HAD A PRESS
CONFERENCE ON.
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE LACK
OF JUST CAUSE PROTECTIONS
OUTSIDE SEATTLE IN KING COUNTY,
IN SEATTLE WE HAVE A JUST CAUSE
EVICTION PROVISION WHICH MEANS
A LANDLORD CAN EVICT A TENANT
ONLY IF THEY HAVE A REAL REASON
AND A REAL REASON MEANING A
JUSTIFIABLE REASON THAT HAS
BEEN DOCUMENTED IN THE LAW.
IT COULD BE IF THE TENANT DID
SOMETHING WRONG, IF THE RENT
WAS NOT BEING PAID, OR IF
SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED THAT
HAS BEEN LEGALLY RECALLED AS A
PROBLEM, OR IF THE PROPERTY
OWNER WANTS TO DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT WITH THE RENTAL HOME
WHICH IS DEMOLISH IT OR
REDEVELOP IT.
NONE OF THOSE ADDITIONS ARE
IDEAL FOR TENANTS BUT IT IS
IMPORTANT TO FIGHT FOR EVERY
LAW THAT CLOSES EXISTING
LOOPHOLES.
HERE IN SEATTLE WE HAVE JUST
CAUSE PROTECTION.
AS FAR AS I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE
THIS IN ANY PART OF THE STATE
BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE TO TALK
TO US WHO ARE MORE
KNOWLEDGEABLE AND WILL HAVE MORE
INSIGHT.
THE CASE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
TODAY HAS AFFECTED TENANTS IN
UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY AND
WE ARE ASKING KING COUNTY TO
PASS JUST CAUSE EVICTION
PROTECTION.
I BELIEVE THAT NICK JONES WHO
IS STAFFING MY OFFICE, CAN YOU
TELL ME IF WE HAVE COPIES OF
THE LETTER WE SENT TO KING
COUNTY?
FOR THOSE WHO ARE HERE, PLEASE
MAKE SURE YOU TAKE A LOOK AT
THE LETTER I SENT TO THE KING
COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND KING
COUNTY COUNCIL URGING THEM TO
PASS JUST CAUSE DETECTION FOR
ALL TENANTS THROUGHOUT KING
COUNTY WHICH WOULD IMPACT ALL
TENANTS WHO LIVED IN
UNINCORPORATED REGIONS OF THE
COUNTY.
WE HAVE ALSO SENT A LETTER TO
WILL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THIS
IN A SECOND.
I WILL SHARE SOME OF THE
CONTENT OF THE LETTER.
IN ANY CASE, WE ARE GOING TO BE
DISCUSSING MORE ABOUT THAT IN A
SECOND.
FOR OUR SECOND AGENDA ITEM WE
HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM ALL
HOME . I APPRECIATE YOU BEING
HERE.
OUR PRESENTERS FOR THE FIRST
ITEM ARE ALREADY AT THE TABLE
BUT BEFORE THAT, WE WILL HAVE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT?
>> CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO
PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
>> WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK?
GO AHEAD.
EACH PERSON HAS TWO MINUTES.
MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP SO WE
HAVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
>> I WANT TO SALUTE PEOPLE WHO
ARE BRAVELY COMING FORWARD WHEN
THEY ARE BEING EVICTED. FOR
OTHER PEOPLE AND NOT THEMSELVES
AND PUTTING THEMSELVES ON THE
LINE.
THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN
THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE LIVING UNDER A FASCIST
REGIME AND MOST MARGINALIZED
PEOPLE WE KNOW ARE BEING
DEMONIZED LIKE THE KIDS IN THE
CONCENTRATION CAMPS THAT ARE
BEING ABUSED.
WE ALL HAVE TO BE IN SOLIDARITY
WITH ALL THE PEOPLE WHO STAND
UP FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING
EVICTED.
IT IS A UNJUST AND CRUEL THING
THAT IS HAPPENING.
I SALUTE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
BRAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR
NAME FOR THE RECORD?
>> CYNTHIA.
I AM AN ACTIVIST.
>> PLEASE SIGN UP SO WE HAVE
YOUR NAME.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS LAURA AND I AM HERE
TO SUPPORT MY GOOD FRIEND,
MERGITU ARGO AND THE TENANTS
WHO ARE FACING THIS 20 DAY
NOTICE.
I AM HERE ALSO BECAUSE I WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE TENANTS
UNION OF WASHINGTON STATE FOR
SUPPORTING OUR FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES WHEN THEY ARE IN
NEED.
NOT ONLY MERGITU ARGO AND
OTHERS IN THAT BUILDING BUT
ALSO THE CITY IT IS NECESSARY
TO START DOING SOMETHING
IMMEDIATELY.
THE FAMILIES AND THE TENANTS IN
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE IS ALSO
FACING IN DOING THAT 20 DAY
NOTICE THANKS TO THE GREAT
MAYOR OF THAT CITY SHE IS
SUPPORTING US IN THE WAR TO
HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALSO.
LIKE MY SISTER WAS SAYING, WE
NEED TO BE UNITED IN THIS
BECAUSE IT IS AFFECTING NOT
ONLY ONE GROUP OR ONE
COMMUNITY.
IT IS AFFECTING EVERY SINGLE
PERSON ESPECIALLY WITH PEOPLE
WHO HAVE NO INCOME HOUSING.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT EVERYONE
BECAUSE WE WILL BE IN THIS
SITUATION ONE DAY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS SARAH AND I AM
ONLY HERE TO SPEAK FROM THE
HEART ABOUT, IN CASE PEOPLE
AREN'T AWARE HOW IT FEELS TO
NOT HAVE HOUSING.
I ALMOST DIDN'T.
LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET IN
SUBSIDIZED SENIOR HOUSING HERE
IN SEATTLE.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THE
MOMENT YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE
SAFE IN HOUSING, IT IS HUGE.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WHO HAVE
THAT, HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT IS
LIKE TO NOT HAVE THAT SENSE
THAT THERE IS A SPACE WHERE YOU
ARE SAFE TO BE YOUR SELF.
TAT IS ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE
DOING.
>> THANK YOU SARAH.
ASSUMING NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO
SPEAK I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
WILL ALL OUR PRESENTERS STATE
VERY BRIEFLY, JUST
INTRODUCTIONS FOR THAT RECORD
AND WE WILL START THE
DISCUSSION?
>> HELLO I AM RENC HOLMES AND I
AM HERE TO SUPPORT MERGITU ARGO
AND ALL RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE
WHO ARE FACING DISPLACEMENT.
I CURRENTLY RESIDE AT THE
CHCEAU AND MY AUNT HAS LIVED
THERE FOR 30 YEARS AND THE
DEVELOPER HAS DECIDED TO TEAR
THE BUILDING DOWN AND THEY WANT
TO BUILD A SMALL EFFICIENCY
UNIT SO WE ARE ORGANIZING AND
THE DEVELOPERS SAY THEY ARE
GOING TO GIVE US MORE TIME AND
THEY ARE OFFICER OFFERING US
MONEY BUT WE ARE WAITING FOR
THEM TO PUT THAT IN WRITING.
WE HAVE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT
SOMETIME.
>> I AM VIOLET LAVATAI FROM THE
TENANTS UNION OF WASHINGTON
STATE . I AM IN HOUSING AS A
ADVOCATE AND AN ADVOCATE FOR
TENANTS RIGHTS.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT NOT ONLY
OUR FRIEND AND SHE IS A SOCIAL
JUSTICE SISTER BUT ALSO WHAT IS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN OUR
WHOLE STATE NOT ONLY IN JUST
KING COUNTY.
WE WANT TO BRING LIGHT TO SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT TENANTS ARE
FACING THESE 20 DAY NOTICES.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS MERGITU
ARGO.
I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO GOT
THAT 20 DAYS NOTICE IN SOUTH
KING COUNTY.
I AM HERE TODAY NOT ONLY TO
ADVOCATE FOR MYSELF.
I WANT THIS TO STOP.
I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FACE
THIS ANYMORE.
IN KING COUNTY AND WASHINGTON
STATE.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS KEVIN AND I
AM A MEMBER OF THE ROGERS
COMMISSION BUT HERE IN PERSONAL
CAPACITY.
HERE TO SUPPORT MERGITU ARGO
AND EVERYONE IN HER BUILDING
WHO ARE FACING THE SAME ISSUE.
ALSO TO REITERATE WHAT VIOLET
SAID THAT 20 DAY NOTICES ARE A
SCOURGE ON WASHINGTON STATE.
THEY ARE, WE WILL TALK ABOUT
SOON, THEY ARE USED TO
DISCRIMINATE AND TO RETALIATE
AND THEY NEED TO AND NOT JUST
IN KING COUNTY BUT ALL OVER
WASHINGTON.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL AND
WE WILL GET INTO THE DISCUSSION
IN A BIT.
I WANT TO FRAME THE DISCUSSION
BY, WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY TED.
FRAME THE DISCUSSION BY ECHOING
SOME OF THE POINTS THAT WERE
MADE BY VIOLET AND OTHERS THAT
MERGITU ARGO HAS BEEN A HIGHLY
RESPECTED COMMUNITY ORGANIZER.
SHE IS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND SHE IS
DOING OUTREACH FOR SEATTLE'S
DEMOCRACY VOUCHER PROGRAM.
BEFORE THAT SHE WORKS FOR YEARS
FOR THE AMERICA AND ANOTHER
HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING
ABUSE AND DISCRIMINATE AND
WORKING PEOPLE.
SHE IS NOW FACING THE SAME
UNFAIR TREATMENT FROM HER
LANDLORD THAT SHE SPENT YEARS
DEFENDING OTHER PEOPLE AGAINST
IS THE IRONY THAT ILLUSTRATES
THAT THE ONLY JUSTICE WE CAN
GET IS REGULAR PEOPLE
ORGANIZING AND FIGHTING FOR.
ON THAT NOTE I WANT TO GIVE HER
SOME TIME TO TALK ABOUT HOW
THIS WHOLE THING CAME ABOUT AND
HOW YOU ENDED UP REACHING OUT
TO MY OFFICE.
>> FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THINK
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR HELPING ME
EVEN THOUGH I WORKED ALONE IN
MY OFFICE FOR A WHILE.
I DIDN'T THINK THIS WOULD
HAPPEN TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN
ADVOCATING IN SOUTH KING COUNTY
FOR BUSINESS OWNERS TO STOP THE
DISPLACEMENT.
I PAID MY RENT ON TIME.
I NEVER GOT ANY NOTICE THAT OR
WARNING ON PAPER FOR CLOSE TO
14 YEARS.
THAT IS HOW LONG I HAVE LIVED
THERE.
MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, I GOT
AFTER 5:00 WHEN I WENT HOME I
RECEIVED A LETTER ON MY DOOR
HANGING AND I OPENED IT AND IT
SAYS 20 DAYS I HAVE TO LEAVE THE
APARTMENT OR THEY WILL EVICT
ME.
I WAS NERVOUS.
I AM A SINGLE MOTHER.
MY DAUGHTER IS COMING BACK ON
FRIDAY FROM WESTERN WASHINGTON
COLLEGE.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO TELL HER
WE ARE BECOMING HOMELESS.
I TRIED TO CALL THE LANDLORD OR
THE MANAGER WHO CAME ON BOARD
MAY 1 THIS YEAR.
SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW ME TO
GIVE ME A 20 DAYS NOTICE.
SHE DID NOT ANSWER THE PHONE.
SOMETIMES SHE PICKS UP I CAN
TELL BECAUSE I LIVED THERE FOR
A LONG TIME.
IT IS SUPPOSED TO GO TO VOICE
MESSAGE BUT IT DOESN'T.
I WALKED INTO HER OFFICE.
THIS PERSON HAS NEVER SEEN ME.
I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE COULD OUT
BECAUSE SHE MARKED OUT THE P
THREE PEOPLE WHO GOT NOTICES
ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS.
MERGITU ARGO, MOUHAMED TALL,
AND LENH VONG.
AS SOON AS I WALKED IN SHE
SAID YOU ARE ON MY LIST TO CALL
YOU.
SHE SAID YOU LEFT ME A VOICE
MESSAGE.
I SAID, CAN YOU TELL BY
LISTENING TO THE MESSAGE WHAT
THAT PERSON LOOKS LIKE?
I SAID I AM AN ORGANIZER.
I KNOW WHEN PEOPLE MAP OUT
THINGS AND TRY TO PLAY GAMES.
THEY THINK BECAUSE MY NAME IS
MERGITU ARGO I DON'T SPEAK
ENGLISH. I
AM AN IMMIGRANT AND I CAN'T
FIGHT FOR MY RIGHTS BUT I DO.
SHE IS MESSING WITH THE WRONG
PERSON.
THANKS TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO KNOW
MY WORK THEY DID SEND A LETTER
INCLUDING CHAIR SAWANT . AND
THE TENANTS UNION OF COURSE.
TENANTS UNION OF WASHINGTON
STATE ADVOCATES AND TRY TO
CALL.
SHE NEVER ANSWERED.
SHE ANSWERED ONE DAY AND SAID
SHE WAS BUSY AND SAID SHE WOULD
CALL BACK BUT SHE NEVER DID.
THIS IS WHAT IT HAS HAPPENED TO
ME AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO COULD
NOT BE HERE TODAY.
LYNN IS ALSO FROM SOUTHEAST
ASIA.
HER DAUGHTER IS ONLY EIGHT
YEARS OLD.
SHE HAS TO TAKE HIM TO SCHOOL
WHILE LOOKING FOR AN APARTMENT
IN THE NEXT 20 DAYS.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
>> THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT.
CAN YOU TELL US ACCORDING TO THE
LANDLORD'S NOTICE, WHEN IS YOUR
DATE TO VACATE?
>> TODAY IS THE 21st SO IN FIVE
DAYS, THE 30th, WHICH IS THIS
WEEKEND.
I WORK EVERY DAY 9-5.
>> I HAVE THE NOTICE THAT YOU
GOT FROM YOUR LANDLORD. I DON'T
THINK, TO PUT IT THIS WAY, I
THINK IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE THAT
YOU AND YOUR FELLOW TENANTS ARE
BEING ASKED TO VACATE.
WE DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE
TO VACATE WITHOUT ANY REAL
REASON THAT THE LANDLORD IS
GIVING YOU.
THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING IF
VIOLET, IN TERMS OF YOUR
EXPERIENCES LEADING THE TENANTS
UNIONS WORK, CAN YOU CONFIRM
THAT SEATTLE IS THE ONLY CITY
THAT HAS JUST CAUSE AND WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE
SUCH A LAW ON THE BOOKS?
>> SEATTLE IS THE ONLY CITY
THAT HAS JUST CAUSE. WHEN YOU
ARE ON A MONTH TO MONTH,
UNFORTUNATELY IN OTHER CITIES,
IF A LANDLORD GIVES YOU FROM
THE BEGINNING FROM THE FIRST
THROUGH THE 10th IT IS LEGAL TO
VACATE AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
THEY HAD TO PUT THE NOTICE IN
BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE 10th.
SEATTLE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT
HAS THE JUST CAUSE LOSS.
SOME TENANTS DON'T EVEN KNOW
THAT.
SO WHEN THEY CALL THE TENANTS
UNION WE REFER THEM HERE IN THE
CITY AND IT GETS THE BALL
ROLLING TO HELP THEM.
>> THAT IS THE CITY DEPARTMENT.
>> IT IS THE CITY DEPARTMENT.
THE JUST CAUSE LAW IS REALLY
GOOD.
IT'S NOT THE GREATEST BUT I CAN
SAY IT IS REALLY GOOD BECAUSE
THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT GOT
IN SEATTLE.
THE LANDLORD HAS TO, IF THEY
WANT TO THE TENANT OUT, THEY
WILL BE GIVEN 90 DAYS.
THEY ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD
CAUSE TO BE ASKED TO LEAVE.
ALSO IF THEIR INCOME WHILE
FIGHT, EVERYONE IS INCOME
QUALIFIED WHEN IT COMES TO
SEATTLE.
IT IS OUTRAGEOUS.
SOME OF THE RENT.
SO THEY ARE QUALIFIED AND THEY
CAN GET MOVING COST FEES.
WE ALWAYS GET CALLS ON THE 20
DATE NOTICE.
WE ARE NOT JUST GETTING, I CAN
HONESTLY TELL YOU, THIS IS NOT
A UNIQUE CASE.
THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY.
THIS JUST HAPPENED LAST WEEK ON
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE TENANTS.
WE ARE MAKING SURE WE ARE
BRINGING LIGHT TO THESE NOTICES
BECAUSE IT CAUSES AN INCREASE
IN HOMELESSNESS.
>> THANK YOU VIOLET.
DEVON, DO YOU WANT TO ADD
ANYTHING?
>> I WILL ADD THAT IN THE LAST
SLATE OF SESSION STATEWIDE THERE
WAS A LOT OF ACTIVISTS AND
ORGANIZERS ASKING THE STATE TO
REFORM THE EVICTION LAWS AND
THEY WON SOME GOOD THINGS LIKE
THEY WON FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
FACING AN ADDICTION FOR NOT
PAYING THEIR RENT. IT USED TO
BE A THREE DATE NOTICE AND NOW
IT IS A WORKING DAY NOTICE SO
THAT IS REALLY GOOD.
FOR PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE,
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DID NOT
WIN, THE LEGISLATURE CONSIDERED
IT AND FAILED TO DO IT WAS
PASSING JUST CAUSE STATEWIDE.
SO THEY CAN STILL SAY 20 DAYS
YOU ARE OUT FOR NO REASON AT
ALL.
>> REALLY QUICK, 5600 IS THE
14th DAYS NOW.
THEY WILL GO INTO EFFECT ON
JULY 28.
BECAUSE OF THAT ORDINANCE THAT
PASSED, WE ARE SEEING MORE AND
MORE FREQUENT 20 DAY NOTICE
BECAUSE NOW IT HAS TURNED INTO
14 DAYS FOR THE TENANT TO FIND
HELP. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THAT UP.
>> THANK YOU.
DEVON I KNOW YOU ARE HERE ON
THE PRINTERS COMMISSION BUT YOU
ARE HERE ON PERSONAL CAPACITY
BUT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE
PRINCIPAL THINGS THE RENTERS
COMMISSION IS ADVOCATING FOR
AND YOU TOOK A UNANIMOUS VOTE
ON AND SOME OF THE ISSUES FOR
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MERGITU
ARGO AND OTHER TENANTS?
>> IN RELATION TO WHAT IS
HAPPENING HERE AND WHAT IS
HAPPENING ON MOST EVERYWHERE
HERE, VIOLET IS ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT.
I HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO
HAVE GOTTEN 20 DAY NOTICES FOR
THINGS AS LITTLE AS LEAVING
THEIR WINDOWS OPEN.
THEY DON'T EVEN NEED ANY KIND
OF EXCUSE TO KICK SOMEBODY OUT.
BUT HERE IN SEATTLE AT THE
RENTERS COMMISSION, RECENTLY WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, WE PASSED
A RECOMMENDATION OFF TO THIS
COMMITTEE FOR RENT CONTROL,
COUPLED WITH JUST CAUSE, IS
NEEDED IN ALL OF WASHINGTON
STATE AND CAPE SAVE MANY
RENTERS IN WASHINGTON STATE.
WE ALSO SENT A RECORDATION TO
THIS COMMITTEE FOR 180 DAYS
NOTICE FOR RENT INCREASES.
OBVIOUSLY IT IS NOT FAIRLY THE
SAME THING BUT I THINK IT FALLS
INTO LINE WITH THE IDEA THAT
MORE NOTICE IS NEEDED FOR
ANYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO OUR
HOUSING.
20 DAYS IS NOT ENOUGH.
30 DAYS IS NOT ENOUGH.
60 DAYS IS NOT ENOUGH
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A
FAMILY, WHEN YOU WORK, THOSE
ARE THE THINGS WE ARE WORKING
ON AT THE MOMENT AND OBVIOUSLY
I THINK AS RENTERS ON THE
RENTERS COMMISSION WE ALL LIVE
IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND HAVE
BENEFITED.
I KNOW PERSONALLY I HAVE BEEN
FITTED FROM THE JUST CAUSE LAWS
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANYBODY ELSE
BUT IF YOU TALK TO ANY RENTER
THEY HAVE BENEFITED FROM THAT.
>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED
THERE IN YOUR APARTMENT AND
TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
YOUR FELLOW TENANTS HOW LONG
THEY HAVE LIVED THERE AND ALSO,
HAVEN'T THEY SPENT THEIR OWN
MONEY TO FIX SOME OF THE THINGS
IN THEIR APARTMENTS?
>> YES.
I FIRST MOVED IN IN 2003 AND
LIVED THERE UNTIL 2012 FOR NINE
YEARS OR SO.
THEN THEY WON'T CHANGE MY CARPET
AND I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
THINGS TO CHANGE IN THE HOUSE
BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO CHANGE
THE WHOLE CARPET.
I ASKED THEM AND THEY DIDN'T
WANT TO.
SO I MOVED UP.
MY DAUGHTER GREW UP THERE.
SHE SAID MOM, LET'S MOVE BACK
THERE.
TWO YEARS LATER IN 2015, I MOVED
BACK.
ALTOGETHER CLOSE TO 14 YEARS.
EVERY TIME, WE HAVE BETTER THAN
THIS NEW MANAGER.
BUT THE OWNER IS THE ONE WHO
TOLD THE MANAGERS, IF THEY ARE
TRYING TO CHANGE THE CARPET OR
MAKE A GOOD LIVING FOR THAT SET
TENANTS THEY WILL GET FIRED.
SO THE ONE DOING THE BAD THINGS
IS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
MY OTHER TWO TENANTS THAT GOT
THE EVICTION, THEY LIVED THERE
FOR THREE YEARS AND ALSO ONE OF
THEM LIVES IN A SINGLE-FAMILY
HOME, NOT AN APARTMENT LIKE ME.
SO EVERY TIME SHE HAS TO CHANGE
THINGS THAT ARE BROKEN, THEY
DON'T GO CHANGE IT BECAUSE THE
OWNER WON'T LET THEM.
NOT ONLY THAT MANAGER HAS A
BEEN BAD. RECENTLY THE PERSON
WHO TOLD US WHO GOT THE NOTICE
IS THE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE
GUY WHO LIVES ON THE PROPERTY
ALSO.
THE FIRST TIME THIS NEW
PROPERTY MANAGER, THE SECOND
THING WAS HE WAS TALKING TO ME
AND TALKING TO OTHERS WHO GOT
NOTICES TO CONNECT US BECAUSE
HE WORKS IN THE OFFICE AND HE
KNOWS WHO GOT IT.
HE GOT FIRED.
>> THE MAINTENANCE PERSON WAS
FIRED?
>> SO CLEARLY IN RETALIATION?
>> THEY ALSO WANTED TO EVICT
HIM FROM THE MOBILE HOME HE IS
LIVING NEXT TO THE OWNER.
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A
A WHILE.
YOU CAN ALL RESEARCH STEVE
HARRELL, THAT IS THE OWNER OF
THE LAND.
THE MANAGERS TRY THEIR BEST
EXCEPT FOR THE NEW MANAGER WHO
CAME ON BOARD.
THE COUPLE MOVED DOWN HERE FROM
EASTERN WASHINGTON.
THEY ARE VERY RACIST.
THAT IS ALL I CAN SAY.
>> DID YOU WANT TO ADD
SOMETHING?
>> THAT IS SO TRUE.
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO USE THE
WORD RACIST IN HOUSING BUT
HOUSING IS RACIST.
IT IS NOT EQUALITY IN HOUSING.
THIS KIND OF NOTICE IS THE NORM
THAT WE SEE ALMOST EVERY OTHER
DAY AT THE TENANTS UNION IF YOU
ARE MONTH TO MONTH.
YOU CAN BE ASKED TO LEAVE FOR
ABSOLUTELY NO REASON.
THAT'S WHY IT IS VITAL THAT WE
PLEAD AND ASK THE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO TAKE ACTION
RIGHT NOW TO SET IN MOTION, TO
HELP MORE PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR
HOMES.
I HATE TO SAY THIS BUT THIS IS
THE NORM.
I SEE THIS ALL THE TIME.
I WRITE LETTERS EVERY DAY TO
LANDLORDS.
SOME OF THEM GET MAD AT ME.
I ACTUALLY DON'T CARE.
BUT I AM ASKING THEM, THIS IS
IMMORAL FOR THEM TO DO THIS.
BECAUSE PEOPLE SAY CAUGHT THE
LANDLORDS SAY TO ME, THIS IS OUR
PROPERTY.
HOW ABOUT FAIRNESS?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE SERVED
WITH A 20 DAY NOTICE IF YOU
LIVED THERE 20 YEARS?
THAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
JUST CAUSE LAWS IN SEATTLE.
WHEN TENANTS CALL US WE ARE
JUST SHARING WITH THEM THE JUST
CAUSE LAW AND TELL THEM TO
CONTACT THE CITY.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO WHAT
VIOLET IS SAYING.
THE EVICTION LAB WHICH STUDIES
EVICTION ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
THEY FOUND THE COMMON NARRATIVE
IT WITH EVICTION IS IT'S THE
LAST RESORT.
IT'S THE LAST THING THAT
HAPPENS.
THE LANDLORDS TO TRY, THAT IS
THE COMMON NARRATIVE.
BUT THE EVICTION LAB SOUND THAT
NORMALLY WITH EVICTIONS, IT IS
THE FIRST RESORT FOR LANDLORDS
THESE DAYS.
PILOT IT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND
MERGITU ARGO IS ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT.
OUR POLICIES ARE ROOTED IN
RACISM AND LANDLORDS WILL USE
THAT TO RETALIATE AGAINST FOLKS.
BUT WHAT'S MORE DESPICABLE
ABOUT THE 20 DAY NOTICE IS YOU
DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO THROUGH
THE EVICTION PROCESS.
YOU DON'T GO TO COURT.
YOU PUT THAT THING UP ON
SOMEONE'S DOOR AND THEN YOU
EXPECT THEM TO LEAVE.
SO THE LANDLORD ISN'T EVEN
GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY WOULD
HAVE NOTHING THAT WOULD HOLD
UP.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT
POINT TO ADD.
THE EVICTION LAB HAS DONE SOME
CREDIBLE RESEARCH TO SHOW US
EVICTIONS ARE NOT THE LAST
RESORT FOR A LANDLORD TO DEAL
WITH A TROUBLE TENET.
IT IS THE FIRST RESULT.
IT IS PART OF A HOUSING CRISIS.
RENC, MERGITU ARGO AND HER
FELLOW TENANTS ARE FACING,
THEY HAVE THIS NOTICE TO VACATE
AND THEY HAVE A FEW DAYS LEFT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD
YOU BASED ON YOUR OWN
EXPERIENCE OF HAVING TO FIGHT A
CORPORATE DEVELOPER?
>> THEY ARE DOING SOME OF IT BY
CALLING PRESS CONFERENCES.
SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE OWNER
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SHAME THEM
AND THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT
BUT MORALLY, IS IT RIGHT?
WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF IT
HAPPENED TO YOU OR YOUR
DAUGHTER?
THESE DAYS, A LOT OF DEVELOPERS
I THINK ARE REALLY JUST
THINKING ABOUT MONEY BUT WE DO
HAVE A SOUL AND I HOPE THEY
HAVEN'T LOST THEIR SOUL YET
BECAUSE WHAT DOES IT PROFIT A
MAN IF HE SHOULD GAIN THE WHOLE
WORLD BUT LOSE HIS OWN SOUL?
EVERYONE NEEDS TO DO SOME SOUL
SEARCHING, CONTINUE TO FIGHT,
ORGANIZE, SHED THE LIGHT SO
EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
IT HAS HELPED US AT THE
CHCEAU.
THE CANES OF REAL ESTATE IS
SLOWING DOWN NOW.
>> WHEN WE TALKED IN THE OFFICE
YESTERDAY TO SOME OF HER
NEIGHBORS, SOME OF THE OTHER
TENANTS WHO ARE FACING THIS,
ONE OF THEM CAUGHT THE LANDLORD
GAVE HIM A RENT INCREASE AND
LESS THAN A MONTH LATER GAVE
HIM THE 20 DAY EVICTION NOTICE.
FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THE
PIECE OF PAPER IN FRONT OF
THEM, I THINK THAT IS WORTH
PEOPLE KNOWING.
JUST HOW LITTLE INFORMATION IS
ON IT.
IS IS YOU AND EACH OF YOU ARE
HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOUR
TENDENCY IS TERMINATED AND ON
THAT DATE YOU WILL BE REQUIRED
TO SURRENDER POSSESSION OF THE
PREMISE TO THE OWNER.
IF YOU DO NOT SURRENDER ON OR
BEFORE THE DATE SET FORTH
PROCEEDINGS WILL BE INSTITUTED
FOR YOUR EVICTION.
IS IS NOTHING ELSE.
IT DOES NOT GIVE A REASON OR
ANYTHING.
THE ONE OTHER THING IS, WHEN
YOU WERE MENTIONING SOMEBODY
FROM THIS BUILDING THAT IS
HAPPENED TO PREVIOUSLY, I WAS
WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHARE
THAT ALSO.
>> A PERSON THAT I KNOW FOR A A
WHILE BECAUSE I LIVED THERE,
SHE IS ALSO FROM AFRICA LIKE
ME, LIVED THERE AND SHE WAS
EVICTED LAST YEAR.
I DIDN'T KNOW BUT I WAS WORKING
THAT WEEKEND AND SHE CAME BY MY
TABLE SINCE I RECEIVED THIS
LETTER I ASKED HER, WHAT
HAPPENED, WHY DID YOU MOVE OUT?
SHE SAID I RECEIVED A 20 DAY
LETTER ALSO AND I BECAME
HOMELESS.
THE MOTHER BECAME HOMELESS, THE
DAUGHTER FOUND A PLACE WITH HER
HUSBAND SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEY
HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT.
IT'S NOT ONLY THAT SHE
MENTIONED TO ME THEY HAVE TWO
PAY THE APARTMENT SOME MONEY
AND THEY ARE STILL MAKING A
PAYMENT.
>> UNLESS THE PRESENTERS HAVE
MORE POINTS TO ADD, I WAS
THINKING WE CLOSE OUT THIS
AGENDA ITEM BUT WITH A CALL TO
ACTION.
CLEARLY WE HAVE SEVERAL FRONTS
TO FIGHT ON.
ONE OF THEM AS YOU HAVE ALL
JOINED US, AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE ALONGSIDE
OUR COUNSEL OFFICE, URGING THE
COUNTY COUNSEL TO PASS JUST
CAUSE AND WE WILL KEEP AT IT.
I HOPE EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE
WILL SUPPORT US AND EVERYBODY
WATCHING WILL SUPPORT US IN
DEMANDING KING COUNTY DO THIS
IMMEDIATELY.
JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ON
THAT.
AS FAR AS WE KNOW, WHEN THEY DO
PASS THIS LAW AND WE WILL MAKE
SURE THEY DO, IT WILL ENABLE
JUST CAUSE PROTECTION IN ALL
UNINCORPORATED REGIONS OF KING
COUNTY.
THAT MEANS THAT THE
INCORPORATED CITIES UNDER KING
COUNTY ALSO NEED TO PASS THEIR
OWN LAWS BECAUSE IF THE STATE
PASSED ITS LAW IT WOULD BE THE
EASIEST THING BUT UNFORTUNATELY
THE STATE LEGISLATURE FAILED TO
DO ITS POLITICAL DUTY THIS PAST
SESSION.
THEY DIDN'T LIFT THE BAN ON
RENT CONTROL EITHER.
IT REALLY IS IN ABDICATION OF
RESPONSIBILITY AT A TIME WHEN
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN OUR STATE
ARE FACING A DEEP HOUSING
CRISIS.
WE WILL NEED TO KEEP FIGHTING
OURSELVES SO WE NEED TO KEEP
DOING THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY
KNOW THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE
THAT KING COUNTY DOES THIS BUT
AT THE SAME TIME MY OFFICE WILL
ALSO BE SENDING LETTERS TO THE
CITY COUNCILS AND THE MAYORS OF
OTHER CITIES IN KING COUNTY AS
WELL URGING THEM TO DO JUST
CAUSE AS WELL SO IT PROTECTS
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
RENTERS IN THE KING COUNTY, IN
ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO HAVE
TO MAKE SURE THAT MERGITU ARGO
AND MOUHAMED TALL AND LENH VONG
ARE NOT EVICTED AND THEY DON'T
HAVE TO VACATE.
WE HAVE A VERY SHORT TIMELINE.
DOES EVERYBODY AGREE WITH ME
THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
THIS WEEK?
WE HAVE TO FIGHT THIS WEEK TO
MAKE SURE THE LANDLORD RENEWS
THEIR THESIS AND RESCINDS THE
NOTICE TO VACATE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
HAPPENS.
WE SHOULD ALL UNDERSTAND FROM
THE EXAMPLE OF THE CHCEAU
APARTMENT BUILDING IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT, THE WAY WE
ARE WINNING VICTORIES AGAINST
THE CORPORATE DEVELOPER IS NOT
BY TRYING TO GET THE CITY
COUNCIL TO PASS SOME ESOTERIC
ORDINANCE.
WHAT WE DID WAS FIGHT ON THE
GROUND.
YOU WILL NEED TO ENGAGE ON SOME
SORT OF ACTION OUTSIDE THE
BUILDING IN THE COMING DAYS.
I REALLY HOPE EVERYBODY
SUPPORTS US.
IN THE WELL CUT IN THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS, I HOPE YOU WILL
ALL JOIN MY OFFICE IN A CALLING
CAMPAIGN AND A WRITE IN
CAMPAIGN FOR THE LANDLORD.
WE HAVE THE ADDRESS AND THE
PHONE NUMBER FOR THE LANDLORD
AND WE WILL BE SHARING THAT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
LANDLORD HEARS FROM HUNDREDS IF
NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT
YOU STAND WITH MERGITU ARGO AND
MOUHAMED TALL AND LENH VONG AND
YOU DO NOT WANT THEM TO BE
EVICTED.
CAN WE DO THAT?
OTHERWISE THEY WILL HAVE TO
MOVE AND WE WILL NOT HAVE
OBTAINED JUSTICE.
WE NEED TO URGENTLY MOVE
FORWARD DOING THAT AND WE HAVE
TO FIGHT ON THE FRONT OF JUST
CAUSE.
ONE LAST QUESTION, MERGITU
ARGO, YOU AND YOUR FELLOW
TENANTS AND PRESUMPTIVE OF THE
TENANTS UNION OF WASHINGTON
STATE, CAN YOU REPORT FROM THE
MEETING YESTERDAY?
>> WE HAD A MEETING WITH DAVID,
A COUNCILMEMBER FROM KING
COUNTY.
EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT A COUNSEL
IN MY DISTRICT.
LARRY IS IN MY DISTRICT.
WE HAD A GOOD MEETING AND WE
WILL FOLLOW UP.
HE WILL DO SOME CHECKUP AND GET
BACK TO US.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT THE 20 DAY
NOTICE SO THEY WILL DO SOME
RESEARCH AND GET BACK TO US.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING
HERE.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU LOOK OUT
FOR AN EMAIL FROM MY OFFICE
WHERE WE WILL SHARE ALL THE
INFORMATION SO YOU ALL CAN JOIN
IN THE CALL IN CAMPAIGN.
I WOULD ALSO APPEAL TO THE
TENANT UNION TO SHARE THAT WITH
YOUR OWN MAILING LISTS SO THE
MESSAGE GOES OUT FAR AND WIDE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL THE
TENANTS HAVE THEIR HOME IN THE
COMING YEARS.
WE WILL KEEP FOLLOWING UP WITH
KING COUNTY.
I ALSO JUST WANTED TO END ON
THIS NOTE.
AS A RENTERS COMMISSION HAS
MADE IT CLEAR AND THIS ISSUE
HAS COME TO OUR COMMITTEE,
SEATTLE HAS JUST CAUSE LIKE YOU
SAID IT IS IMPORTANT BUT NOT
ENOUGH.
THERE IS AN EVICTION EPIDEMIC
IN OUR CITY AND REGION AND THAT
IS WHY WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE
SET OF POLICIES TO ADDRESS THIS
HOUSING INJUSTICE AS A RENTERS
COMMISSION SAID WE NEED A 120
DAY NOTICE.
WE NEED ALSO RENT CONTROL.
THAT IS WHY I AM REALLY HAPPY
THAT REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
TENANT UNION HAS BEEN HELPING.
THESE ARE SHINING EXAMPLES OF
TENANTS, WOMEN OF COLOR WHO ARE
FIGHTING BACK.
AS SHE SAID, THEY MASTER THEIR
OWN PERSON.
SO LET'S FIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THINK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
>> OUR NEXT ITEM IS A REPORT
FROM ALL HOME.
IF OUR PRESENTERS COULD PLEASE
JOIN US AT THE TABLE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
LET'S START WITH BRIEF
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> I AM JEFF SIMMS, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> I AM KIRA ZYLSTRA , DIRECTOR
OF ALL HOME.
>> I AM JENNIFER COLDIRON,
CHIEF OF FORMATIVE EVALUATION.
>> DID YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE?
>> TODAY OUR PRESENTERS ARE FROM
ALL HOME AND THEY WILL BE
PRESENTING ON THE ANNUAL POINT
IN TIME COUNT.
IT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY
DO A REGULAR POINT IN TIME
COUNT TO TAKE AN ESTIMATE OF
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCE
AND HOMELESSNESS IN THEIR
REGION AND THIS IS THE LATEST
REPORT FROM OUR REGION.
I WILL ALLOW THEM TO GO INTO
FURTHER DETAIL ON THE DATA.
>> I REALLY THANK YOU FOR THE
TIME AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING
US TO EXPAND THE TOPIC EVEN
FURTHER THAN COUNT US IN.
THIS YEAR A COME ALONG SIDE
JENNIFER COLDIRON . WE WANT TO
TALK ABOUT MULTIPLE SOURCES OF
DATA ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF
HOMELESSNESS IN THE COUNTY.
WE WILL PRESENT A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT POINT IN TIME COUNT THAT
WE WILL ALSO GO TO THE
DASHBOARDS WE WANT TO WALK
THROUGH IN MORE DETAIL.
THE IMPORTANT THING I WANT TO
START OFF IN SAYING IS THAT WE
KNOW WE HAVE A CRISIS IN THIS
COMMUNITY.
WE HAD BEEN IN A CRISIS OF
HOMELESSNESS SINCE 2015 FORMALLY
THAT WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE OUTDOORS WITHOUT A PLACE
TO BE AT NIGHT.
I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS WELL AND
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW AS MUCH AS
WE CAN ABOUT THIS CRISIS.
WE DO SEE SOME PROGRESS BUT THE
REASON WE ARE SHARING BOTH THE
REPORT AS WELL AS THE
DASHBOARDS IS SO WE CAN LOOK
AT ALL SOURCES OF DATA.
QUANTITATIVE DATA THAT IS.
WE ARE TALKING TO OUR COMMUNITY,
UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS BY
SPEAKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND
UNDERSTANDING THOSE NEEDS SO
THIS IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS
WHAT WE ARE SHARING TODAY.
IN CONTEXT I WILL LET JENNIFER
KICK US OFF TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT THE DASHBOARDS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
ALLOWING US TO EXPAND THE TOPIC
AND PRESENT ON OUR DASHBOARDS.
I WANT TO REALLY GIVE CREDIT
WHERE CREDIT IS DUE TO MY
STAFF, TO SARAH AND CHRISTINA
WHO HAVE SPENT MANY MONTHS
WORKING TO PREPARE. LOTS OF
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALSO BEEN
INVOLVED IN GETTING THE
DASHBOARD TO WHERE IT IS.
I AM REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE A
CHANCE TO SHOWCASE IT HERE.
THERE WERE MULTIPLE REASONS WHY
WE UNDERTOOK A REDESIGN OF THE
ALL HOME WEBSITE PORTION THAT
TALKS ABOUT PERFORMANCE IN
HOMELESSNESS DATED.
THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO
FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS THAT
WANTED DATA THAT WAS MORE
INTUITIVE, MORE FULLY
ENCAPSULATED.
THE SITUATIN ON THE GROUND.
AS WE DEVELOPED OUR DATA
SYSTEMS WE REALIZED WE HAD A
LOT OF DISPARATE DASHBOARDS
THAT WERE NOT TELLING A
COHESIVE STORY.
SO WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF
REDESIGNING THIS DASHBOARD TO
PULL TOGETHER ALL THE DATA WE
COULD BRING TO BEAR TO
UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY WHO IS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BUT
HOW IS THE SYSTEM RESPONDING TO
THE HOMELESSNESS PRIVATE CRISIS.
WE THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO RELEASE THIS NOW.
WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO
RELEASE IT ALONGSIDE THE
NUMBERS ESPECIALLY AS OUR
COMMUNITY IS HAVING
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW BEST TO
ORGANIZE EVIDENCE AROUND
HOMELESSNESS.
WE THINK THIS IS ANOTHER VERY
GOOD DATA SET AND WEIGH OF
INFORMING THE CONVERSATION. I
AM HERE JUST TO SHOW YOU THE
DASHBOARDS SO I WILL NAVIGATE
THERE NOW.
THE DASHBOARDS ARE EXACTLY
WHERE HOPEFULLY PEOPLE ARE USED
TO GOING TO LOOK FOR
HOMELESSNESS DATA.
IT IS AT OUR WEBSITE.
THIS IS THE ALL HOME KING
COUNTY WEBSITE.
YOU WILL NOW FIND OUR LANDING
PAGE FOR UPDATED DASHBOARD. I
WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT WHERE
THE DATA THAT PEOPLE NORMALLY
WOULD HAVE NAVIGATED TO FOR THE
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE IS STILL
UNDER PROGRAM PERFORMANCE.
MOSTLY WHAT I WILL SHOW YOU
TODAY ARE NEW VISUALS AND NEW
COMPILATIONS OF OUR DATA.
ALL OF THE DATA COMES FROM THE
HOMELESSNESS ATTACHMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEM. THAT ONLY
SPEAKS TO HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE
TOUCHED THE HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM.
AS KIRA WILL SHARE, THE POINT
IN TIME COUNT IS ANOTHER PIECE
OF THE PUZZLE BUT ALSO HELPS
US UNDERSTAND WHO IS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BUT
MIGHT NOT YET BE ACCESSING
SERVICES.
THEY ARE DIFFERENT DATA SETS.
THE LANDING PAGE, YOU WILL FIND
IT HAS FOUR MAIN TABS TO SERVE
THE CRISIS RESPONSE. THE
LANDING PAGE IS REALLY DESIGNED
FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS COMING TO
THIS WEBSITE AND WANT TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND HOMELESSNESS.
MAYBE THEY HEAR SOMETHING ON
THE NEWS I WANT TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND.
IT IS REALLY DESIGNED TO PULL A
VIEWER THROUGH A SERIES OF
QUESTIONS.
SO THE FIRST STEP IS JUST, WHAT
AM I LOOKING AT?
IT ORIENTS PEOPLE TOWARDS THE
DATA.
WE THEN PULLED OUT SEVERAL
DASHBOARDS WHICH I WILL GET
BACK TO.
THE KEY QUESTIONS PEOPLE OFTEN
HAVE THAT THE PUBLIC OR MEDIA
HAVE, THEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW
ARE WE ADDRESSING THE CRISIS.
WHAT ARE THE KEY PARTS OF THE
HOMELESS CRISIS PREVENTION.
THAT OFTEN LEADS TO QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT IS CAUSING THIS
CRISIS.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE
HAD SOMETHING ABOUT ROOT CAUSE.
THESE ARE THE FIVE AREAS THAT
ONE TABLE EXPLORED AS ROOT
CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS.
THEN BELOW, PEOPLE MIGHT ASK,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THIS?
HOW ARE WE DOING AS A SYSTEM?
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A RAPID
REHOUSING DASHBOARD HIGHLIGHTED
BUT WE PLAN TO HAVE THIS BE A
SLIDER OF DIFFERENT DASHBOARDS
AS WE DEVELOP THEM OUT.
>> DO YOU ON YOUR, IN TERMS OF
THE TRAFFIC YOU GET ON THE
WEBSITE, DO YOU TRACK WHAT THE
ORIGINS ARE?
WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE
ACCESSING THE WEBSITE?
IS IT OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS?
IS IT PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING
HOMELESSNESS OR PEOPLE WHOSE
FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS ARE
FACING HOMELESSNESS?
OR DO YOU HAVE INSIGHT INTO WHO
SEEKS THIS DATA?
I WOULD FIND THAT INSIGHTFUL TO
KNOW.
>> WE DO TRACK SOME ANALYTICS
OF OUR WEBSITE.
THIS IS POSTED ON THE ALL HOME
WEBSITE.
I COULDN'T ANSWER THOSE
SPECIFICS ABOUT EXACTLY WHO.
THAT IS NOT TRACKED IN THE
ANALYTICS OF JUST THE TRACKING
OF HOW LONG PEOPLE SPEND ON OUR
PAGE, WHAT PAGES THEY ARE GOING
TO.
THOUGH WE DO HAVE ANALYTIC
INFORMATION ABOUT WHO IS PART OF
THIS, WHO IS ENGAGING IN ALL
HOME MEDIA AND NEWSLETTER ON A
REGULAR BASIS, TOUCHING ALL
ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE FUNDS, PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, I
COULDN'T SAY TO WHAT DEGREE BUT
WE ARE ENGAGED WITH ALL THOSE
COMMUNITIES AND OTHERS.
>> I WILL SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF
KEY PAGES.
SOME OF THE NEWER VISUALS.
THE FIRST ONE I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT IS, HOW IS
HOMELESSNESS CHANGING OVER
TIME?
THIS RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
THE DATA THAT KIRA WILL TALK
ABOUT. WE WANTED TO HAVE A SPACE
THAT WAS ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE HMIS DATA THAT MOST
OF THE DASHBOARDS ARE BUILT UP
UP AS WELL AS THAT POINT IN
TIME COUNT DATA.
HERE ARE FOUR YEARS WORTH OF
DATA.
THE TOP LINE ARE THE
HOUSEHOLDS ACCESSING SERVICES
IN THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE
SYSTEM.
THE LAST DAY OF JANUARY EACH
YEAR.
WHICH WAS THE LAST OF JANUARY
BECAUSE THAT MOST CLOSELY,
SMITH THE DAY THAT THE IS
CONDUCTED.
THE TOP LINE, IT VARIES FROM THE
BOTTOM LINE.
BOTH HAVE INCREASED IN THE PAST
FOUR YEARS.
THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
THE LINES IS THE TOP LINE WITH
TREVOR IF I DID IS ABOUT
HOUSEHOLDS.
SO UNITS OF PEOPLE COMING. IT
COULD BE A SINGLE ADULT, A
YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, OR IT
COULD BE A FAMILY WITH MINOR
CHILDREN.
ON THE BOTTOM LINE ART
INDIVIDUALS.
THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE TWO.
IN ADDITION AS I HIGHLIGHTED
BEFORE, THE HOUSEHOLDS
ACCESSING SERVICES BASED ON
HMIS DATA WHICH MEANS A
HOUSEHOLD HAS TO HAVE BEEN
SERVED BY THE HOMELESS CRISIS
RESPONSE SYSTEM.
IN THE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE COUNTED ARE NOT ACCESSING
OR ENGAGING SERVICES YET.
THERE ARE SOME MAJOR
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO.
AS THEY RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER
AND LOOK AT TRENDS OVER TIME IT
CAN BE USEFUL TO UNDERSTAND.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WHEN
LOOKING AT THIS THAT WE WANTED
TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT OVER THE
PAST FOUR YEARS, WE ARE SEEING
MORE PEOPLE OR MORE HOUSEHOLDS
ACCESSING SERVICES WITHIN THE
SYSTEM BASED ON A COMPARISON
WITH THOSE IN THE POINT IN TIME
COUNT . THE BOTH ARE GOING UP.
PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS BUT THE SYSTEM IS
ALSO RESPONDING AND SERVING
THEIR NEEDS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN NEW
VISUALS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.
THE SECOND ONE IS CURRENTLY
SERVED.
THIS IS WHERE WE LOOK AT
HOMELESSNESS OVER TIME AND HOW
MANY HOUSEHOLDS ARE BEING
SERVED BY THE HOMELESS RESPONSE
SYSTEM.
THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF EVERY DAY
OF THE LAST MONTH OF THE YEAR.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN
THAT JUST LIKE THE VISUAL YOU
JUST SAW, THE TREND IS
INCREASING BUT HONESTLY THERE
IS SOME SEASONALITY AND SOME
CHANGES OVER TIME.
WE HAVE ONE MAJOR CHANGE HERE
IN SEPTEMBER 2018 AND THIS IS
DUE TO A CHANGE IN HOW WE ARE
MANAGING THE COORDINATED ENTRY
FOR ALL. ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2018,
HOUSEHOLDS THAT WERE ON THE Q
BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ACTIVE ON THE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM
WERE REMOVED TO BETTER ALIGN
WITH BEST PRACTICES NATIONALLY.
SO THAT RESULTED IN A DROP OF
HOUSEHOLDS THAT WERE ON THE
QUEU BY ABOUT 3000 HOUSEHOLDS.
>> SO THAT SHOULD NOT BE
INTERPRETED?
>> YOU WILL SEE THAT RIPPLE
THROUGH THE OTHER DASHBOARDS I
WILL SHOW YOU.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, THAT IS
ONE MAJOR CHANGE WE CAN POINT
TO A SPECIFIC THING HAPPENING
ON THIS DAY.
THAT'S A LOT OF WHITE WE ARE
SEEING A LOT OF THAT PARTICULAR
TIP.
>> IF THIS IS BASED ON HMIS
DATA AND INDIVIDUALS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAVE
SOME PRIVACY RIGHTS AND CAN
MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO
PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, DO
YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF THE
MARGIN OF ERROR?
HOW ACCURATE THESE NUMBERS
REFLECT THEIR REAL ON THE
GROUND SITUATION?
>> THIS SPEAKS TO THE NUMBER OF
HOUSEHOLDS BEING SERVED SPEAKS
TO THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
BEING SERVED WHETHER OR NOT
THEY ARE IDENTIFIED OR NOT.
ABOUT 30% OF HOUSEHOLDS COMING
INTO THE HOMELESS CRISIS
SPONSORED SYSTEM OPT OUT OF
PROVIDING IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMATION. YOU WILL SEE THAT
ACTUALLY IMPACTS ONE OF THE
OTHER VISUALS I AM ABOUT TO
SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE LOOKING
AT EPISODES OF HOMELESSNESS
WHERE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO
TRACK ONE HOUSEHOLD THROUGH
MAYBE BEING SERVED BY MULTIPLE
PROGRAMS BUT FROM THE TIME THAT
THEY FIRST ENTER TO THE TIME
WHERE THEY HAVE LEFT ALL
SERVICES. WITH THAT WE ARE NOT
ABLE TO MATCH ACROSS THOSE
HOUSEHOLDS IF THEY HAVE OPTED
OUT.
BUT THIS IS A COUNT OF
EVERYBODY IN THE SYSTEM.
>> THE NEXT ONE I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT, THE CURRENTLY SERVED
WE DO BREAK DOWN BY NOTABLE
DEMOGRAPHICS AND OTHER FACTORS
LIKE VETERAN STATUS.
WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THAT
HERE THOUGH BECAUSE IT IS A
LITTLE BIT CONDENSED.
THE SAME INFORMATION BUT SHOWN
IN A MORE EASILY DIGESTIBLE
FORM.
OF THE 12,705 HOUSEHOLDS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ON
APRIL 30, 2019, AND THESE ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
RECEIVING SERVICES IN THE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM,
79 PERCENT OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS
WERE SINGLE ADULTS.
ABOUT 11% FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
, 10% YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS.
10% OF THE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS
WERE VETERANS.
40% OF THE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD
WERE WHITE COMPARED WITH 28% OF
HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS BEING
NONWHITE.
ON THE BOTTOM GRAPH WE HAVE
INCLUDED THE KING COUNTY
POPULATION ESTIMATE SO IT IS IS
MADE ABOUT 61% OF KING COUNTY
RESIDENTS IDENTIFY AS WHITE.
40% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
RECEIVING SERVICES FROM THE
SYSTEM ARE WHITE.
>> AS FAR AS HOW YOU CAN BY THE
DATA, IT IS A FAMILY UNIT THAT
DOES NOT HAVE CHILDREN, YOU
JUST CALL THEM SINGLE ADULTS?
THE REASON I AM ASKING IS WE
ACTUALLY HAVE, OBVIOUSLY
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ARE
COUNTED AS FAMILIES.
BUT WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO FACE
HOMELESSNESS WHO DON'T HAVE
CHILDREN BUT ARE EITHER A
MARRIED COUPLE OR ARE A COUPLE,
WHO LIVE TOGETHER, AND OFTEN
THE CRISIS THEY FACE IS THAT
THEY DON'T HAVE CHARTER SPACE
THAT TAKES BOTH THE HUSBAND AND
WIFE.
THIS IS A BIGGER CRISIS FOR
MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX BUT
IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE
ADDRESSING WHERE YOU CAN STAY AS
A FAMILY UNIT.
I WAS CURIOUS IN THE DATA IS
THERE ANY SPACE TO RECALL A
FAMILY BUT A FAMILY WITHOUT
CHILDREN?
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER
THAT IN TERMS OF THE DATA.
WHERE YOU'RE SEEING INDIVIDUALS
THIS IS TRULY REPRESENTING THE
VIGILS AND WHERE YOU ARE SEEING
DATA IT IS HOUSEHOLDS OF ALL
KINDS.
>> I AM NOT SEEING IT THERE.
>> THEY WOULD BE IN HERE
COUNTED AS ADULTS.
IT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION I
CAN'T WORK WITH MY TEAM AROUND
HOW TO TEASE THAT OUT.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR DATA IS ON
INDIVIDUALS.
>> THIS IS BASED ON THE STATUS
OF THE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD.
BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HOUSEHOLDS, THAT COULD BE A
SINGLE ADULT SO THEY ARE THEIR
OWN HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD BUT WHEN
IT IS A FAMILY WITH CHILDREN,
THE RACIAL BREAKDOWN, VETERAN
STATUS IS BASED ON HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD STATUS.
>> THAT WOULD BE USEFUL IF YOU
ARE ABLE TO SEPARATE THAT OUT
AS WELL BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE
THIS IS A REAL ISSUE THAT
PEOPLE FACE SO HAVING THE DATA
ACCORDING TO THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
>> I WILL ADD THAT TO THE POINT
IN TIME COUNT DID AS WELL.
>> IN ITEMS OF VETERANS AND
NON-VETERANS, IF ANY PERSON IS
A VETERAN --
>> IT IS THE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
STATUS.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE
SINGLE ADULTS AND THE HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLDS FOR THE FAMILY WOULD
LIKELY, MAYBE A FEW ADULTS BUT
GIVEN THE AGE IT IS PROBABLY 1-
1.
>> IF SOMEBODY DOES NOT ANSWER
THAT QUESTION DO YOU COUNT THEM
AS EIGHT NONVETERAN OR DO JUST
NOT COUNT THEM AT ALL IN THAT
BREAKDOWN?
>> WE DON'T COUNT THEM.
IT IS A FAIRLY COMPLETE DATA.
>> THE OTHER PIECE THAT IS OF A
LOT OF IMPORTANCE AND
HIGHLIGHTS A BRAND-NEW
METHODOLOGY IS RECALLING OUR
INFLOW AND OUTFLOW DASHBOARD.
THIS IS THE CRISIS RESPONSE.
THIS IS REALLY ONE OF THE KEY
FEATURES OF THE UPDATED
DASHBOARD. IT'S A WAY OF
TALKING ABOUT HOW IS THE SYSTEM
RESPONDING.
A LOT OF THE DASHBOARD THAT I
JUST SHOWED YOU IS SPECIFIC TO
HOUSEHOLDS AND THE INDIVIDUALS
WITHIN THOSE HOUSEHOLDS.
THIS SECTION OF THE DASHBOARD
IS ABOUT HOW IS THE SYSTEM
RESPONDING.
HOW IS THIS ESSENTIALLY THE
DEMAND FOR SERVICES BEING MET.
SO WE HAVE CREATED LOGIC AROUND
WHAT IS AN EPISODE OF
HOMELESSNESS AND THAT INCLUDES
IF FROM THE TIME THAT A
HOUSEHOLD ENTERS THE SYSTEM FOR
THE FIRST TIME EITHER WE, THEY
HAD EXITED EVERYTHING,
PREVIOUSLY THEY HAVE NOT BEEN
IN THE SYSTEM BEFORE OR THEY
HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY INACTIVE
FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS.
THAT WOULD BE IF THEY COME
BACK, THAT WOULD BE THE START
OF AN EPISODE.
THEY WOULD BE SERVED BY MANY
TIMES DURING THAT EPISODE AND
NOT UNTIL AGAIN THEY HAVE A
COMPLETE EXIT OUT OF ALL OF
THOSE SYSTEMS OR SERVICES OR
THEY HAVE BEEN INACTIVE FOR
OVER 90 DAYS WOULD BE CONSIDERED
AN END TO THEIR EPISODE.
SO THIS IS LOOKING AT
HOUSEHOLDS, ENTRIES AND EXITS.
YOU CAN SEE THERE WERE A LITTLE
BIT LESS THAN 21,000 NEW
ENTRIES INTO THE HOMELESS
CRISIS RESPONSE SYSTEM COUPLED
WITH ABOUT 18,000 EXITS.
IT IS ABOUT THE SAME BUT
INCREASING IN THE SAME
PROPORTION IN 2017.
IN 2018 YOU SEE THAT THE OUTFLOW
BENT TOWARDS THE INFLOW.
SOME OF THIS IS DUE TO THE
CHANGE THAT I HIGHLIGHTED FOR.
ABOUT 3800 HOUSEHOLDS WERE TAKEN
, BASICALLY REGULATED OUT OF
THE SYSTEM.
WE DID DO AN ANALYSIS WITHOUT
THAT CHANGE TO SEE WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN AND WE ARE PRETTY
CONFIDENT THAT THE OUTFLOW
WOULD STILL BAND TOWARDS THE
INFLOW BUT WOULD NOT CROSS IT.
SO WE ARE ENCOURAGED THAT WE
ARE SEEING SOME PROGRESS IN
TERMS OF THE RATE AT WHICH WE
ARE RESOLVING A HOMELESSNESS
EPISODE AND THAT EVEN THOUGH WE
ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE
ENTRIES INTO THE SYSTEM WE ARE
STILL ABLE TO RESPOND AT SCALE.
>> I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE
THAT LOOKING AT ENTRIES AND
EXITS IS A NEW METHODOLOGY.
IT IS TRULY OUR MOST EFFECTIVE
WAY OF UNDERSTANDING TRUE
REGIONAL IMPACT KNOWING IT IS
NOT BASED ONLY ON A FUNDING
SOURCE OR ON A PARTICULAR
INTERVENTION BUT TRULY
SYSTEMWIDE.
WHAT IS A HOUSEHOLD EXPERIENCE
AND WHAT IS OUR ABILITY TO MEET
THE DEMANDS.
>> I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS
ONE OF THE MAIN WAYS WE ARE
ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DATA.
SO BY LOOKING AT AN EPISODE AND
FIGURING OUT HOW TO DETERMINE
WHAT AN EPISODE IS, WE ARE ABLE
TO NOT DUPLICATE THEM AND COUNT
THEM MULTIPLE TIMES EVEN IF
THEY ARE SERVED BY MULTIPLE
PROGRAMS.
IT MIGHT HAVE TAKEN MULTIPLE
PROGRAMS TO HELP THEM STABILIZE
AND EXIT THE SYSTEM.
>> I AM SORRY IF YOU ALREADY
SPECIFIED THIS, BUT THIS LENS
INTO THE DATA THROUGH ENTRIES
AND EXITS.
IT IS COUNTING EPISODES AND
YOU'RE TRYING TO AVOID TO
VOCATION WHICH IS VERY USEFUL.
BUT OVER TIME, IS IT ACCURATE
TO SAY THAT THERE MIGHT BE THE
SAME INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD AN
EPISODE, GOT IT RESOLVED AND
THEN FELL INTO CRISIS AGAIN AND
HAD ANOTHER EPISODE AND
PRESUMABLY, SPEAKING JUST FROM,
I DON'T HAVE STATISTICAL
NUMBERS WITH ME, BUT I WOULD
IMAGINE THAT IS NOT AN UNCOMMON
OCCURRENCE BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO
ARE ON THE BRINK, BASIC AND
UPSET, MAYBE SOMETHING
RESOLVING.
ESSENTIALLY THE SITUATION NOT
BEING RESOLVED IN SUCH A WAY
THAT YOU ARE TOTALLY OUT OF THE
WOODS.
>> THAT IS WHY WE SAY ENTRIES
AND EXITS AND.HOUSEHOLDS AS A
BASELINE.
>> IT IS DEFINITELY TRUE THAT
THERE ARE SOME HELPFUL THAT
EXPERIENCE MULTIPLE EPISODES OF
HOMELESSNESS EVEN WITHIN ONE
YEAR.
WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING SOME
ANALYSIS OVER TIME HOW MUCH
THAT IS.
BUT WITHIN ONE YEAR, THE
AVERAGE EPISODE HER HOUSEHOLD IS
1.07.
SO IT IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY RARE
FOR THE SAME HOUSEHOLD TO
EXPERIENCE OR HAVE A COMPLETELY
NEW EPISODE WITHIN THAT YEAR.
BUT OBVIOUSLY IF THOSE ARE
BOUNDED BY ARTIFICIAL CALENDARS
SO IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE
LOOKING AT IS THAT FLOW.
THIS METHODOLOGY IS HELPING US
LOOK AT MORE OF THE DYNAMICS OF
THE SYSTEM.
IN INTEREST OF TIME I WILL JUST
HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DO BREAK DOWN
THE EXITS BY EPISODE.
SO WHERE HOUSEHOLDS ARE COMING
FROM AND WHERE THEY ARE
EXITING, I AM SORRY THIS IS
VERY DIFFICULT TO READ A PEER,
THE HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT 79%
OF THE NEW ENTRIES ARE NEWLY
HOMELESS IN THE PAST 24 MONTHS
WHICH MEANS THAT HOUSEHOLD HAS
NOT BEEN SERVED BY THE HOMELESS
RESPONSE SYSTEM IN THE LAST 24
MONTHS.
>> SO WHETHER THEY WERE NEVER
HOMELESS BEFORE?
OR AT LEAST WEREN'T HOMELESS
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS?
>> WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING IF
THEY WERE EVER HOMELESS.
PEOPLE MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED IT
MANY YEARS AGO IN OTHER PLACES.
THAT IS WHY WE CHOSE THE 24
MONTHS.
29% OF EXITS ARE EXITS TO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
6% ARE TWO TEMPORARY HOUSING.
A VERY SMALL AMOUNT ARE
DECEASED.
46% ARE EXIT DESTINATIONS NOT
REPORTED.
THAT IS FOR MANY DIFFERENT
REASONS.
IT COULD BE THAT WE HAVE LOST
TOUCH WITH THAT HOUSEHOLD.
IT COULD BE THEY HAVE SELF
RESOLVED AND DID NOT CHOOSE TO
WALK BACK IN AND SAY I AM FINE
NOW.
THEY HAVE MOVED ON.
THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY THIS
IS THE CASE.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO
IMPROVE OUR DATA QUALITY IN
THAT RESPECT.
>> LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DO WE
HAVE TIME OR SHOULD I STOP?
>> HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE?
>> I WILL SHOW YOU THE LAST ONE.
>> COULD YOU GO BACK TO THIS
ONE?
>> BY EPISODE?
IN THIS WE ARE COUNTING CAUGHT
29 PERCENT EXITED TO PERMANENT
HOUSING. THE 6% IS TEMPORARILY
HOUSED.
SO THAT INCLUDES ALL KINDS OF
TEMPORARY HOUSING SITUATIONS?
ALL TYPES OF SHELTERS, ETC.?
DOES IT ALSO INCLUDE INFORMALLY
ORGANIZED OPTIONS LIKE IF
SOMEBODY FOUND A FAMILY MEMBER
OR A FRIEND TO TAKE THEM IN?
>> I BELIEVE THERE ARE TWO
CATEGORIES.
TEMPORARILY HOUSED WITH FRIENDS
OR FAMILY.
SO EITHER OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES
YOU CAN RECORD IT AS TEMPORARY
OR A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
>> IF SOMEBODY FOUND A SPACE AT
A HOME THAT WOULD ALSO GO THERE?
>> THAT MIGHT STILL BE A PROGRAM
.
>> I THINK IT DEPENDS BECAUSE
THERE ARE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES
OF TINY HOME VILLAGES.
>> I WANT TO SAY THE PERMANENT
HOUSING IS NOT PERMANENT OF
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IT IS ANY
PERMANENT HOUSED ARRANGEMENT.
IT COULD BE THAT THEY ARE WITH
THEIR MOTHER AND THEY FEEL THAT
IS A PERMANENT SOLUTION FOR
THEM.
>> LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TO GO
BACK TO THE LANDING PAGE AND
AGAIN HIGHLIGHT THAT WE ARE
TRYING TO ANSWER A SERIES OF
QUESTIONS HERE.
THE FINAL WHAT IS HOW ARE WE
DOING.
THIS WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER
TIME IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CHOOSE
TO HIGHLIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT IS NOT
RESOLVING.
>> SORRY IT IS SLOW HERE.
>> IT IS A LOT OF DATA IT IS
PULLING.
I WILL SPEAK TO WHAT IS
SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.
WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE HOW
MANY EXITS OR HOW MANY
HOUSEHOLD EXITS TO PERMANENT
HOUSING THERE ARE EACH YEAR.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE
PROPORTION OF EXITS THAT WENT
TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
THAT'S ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT
IN TERMS OF PROPORTION.
THERE IS ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING
AT IT IN TERMS OF THE RAW
NUMBERS.
AGAIN, SPEAKING TO THE SYSTEM
SCALE AND WHAT THE SYSTEM IS
HAVING TO DO HERE SCALING UP
AND BEING ABLE TO MEET THE NEED.
SO IN 2016, 4.9 THOUSAND
HOUSEHOLDS WERE PERMANENTLY
HOUSED. IN 20 TEAM, THIS IS THE
NUMBER.
THAT IS WHAT I HAVE.
THIS WAS RECENTLY UPDATED IN
TERMS OF THE QUARTER DATA.
WE WILL BE UPDATING THAT
MONTHLY DATA EVERY QUARTER IN
THE SAME WAY WE DID SYSTEM
PERFORMANCE BUT SOME OF THIS
WILL ONLY BE UPDATED ONCE PER
YEAR.
WILL BE ADDING NEW DASHBOARDS
OVER TIME.
WE CAN DO QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING
AT THE END BUT I WILL QUICKLY
GO OVER THE POINT IN TIME
COUNT.
I WANT TO TIE THE TWO OF THEM
TOGETHER TO NOTE THAT FOR ONE
THAT POINT IN TIME COUNT IS AN
ESTIMATE.
IT IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF ONE
GIVEN NIGHT.
JENNIFER DID A GREAT JOB OF
OUTLINING THE KEY DIFFERENCES.
HMIS IS ONLY ABLE TO TRACK
INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUALS AND
HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE TOUCHING
THE SYSTEM IN SOME FORM.
WITH THEIT IS JUST ONE NIGHT.
IT IS ALSO ABLE TO CAPTURE AND
COUNT PEOPLE WHO ARE
POTENTIALLY NOT CONNECTED TO
SERVICES AT ALL BUT NOT ALL
THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE.
WE KNOW IT IS STILL A BASELINE.
IT IS AN ABSOLUTE UNDERCOUNT.
THERE IS NO QUESTION.
WE
IT IS AN UNDERCOUNT.
WHILE WE SEE PROGRESS IN THE
POINT IN TIME COUNT THIS YEAR,
WE ALSO SEE JUST THROUGH THE
STRATIFIED SYSTEM WE ARE
SCALING UP AS A SYSTEM.
WE ARE DOING MORE AND MORE TO
CONNECT PEOPLE TO SERVICES.
MORE HOUSEHOLDS ARE CONNECTED
TO TWO SERVICES EVERY YEAR, WE
SEE MORE PERMANENT HOUSING
PLACEMENTS EVERY YEAR BUT THAT
IS NOT SCALING TO THE DEGREE
THAT WE NEED.
WE ALSO LEARNED FROM THE DATA
THAT WE KNOW MORE AND MORE
HOUSEHOLDS ARE FALLING INTO
HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY
THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
SUPPORT.
WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT AND
NEED TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS.
JUST A BIT OF BACKGROUND,
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND ON THE
POINT IN TIME COUNT.
THIS IS A FEDERAL AND STATE
REQUIREMENT FEDERALLY MANDATED
EVERY OTHER YEAR, THIS 2019
COUNT WAS A MEDITATIVE
REPORTING YEAR FOR HUD. WE'LL
BE DOING THE COUNT IN 2020 AND
I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THAT AS WELL.
THAT IS A CENSUS YEAR, MOST
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
ARE CARRYING OUT THERE ARE 27
BECAUSE OF THAT.
>> GIVEN IT IS A HUD
REQUIREMENT, CAN YOU TELL ME
HOW IT RECENT YEARS ESPECIALLY
SINCE THE CRISIS EXPLODED IN
THE SEATTLE REGION, HOW THE
POINT IN TIME NUMBERS COMPARE
TO THE BAY AREA OR OTHER
HOTSPOTS?
>> GENERALLY SPEAKING WE HAVE
SEEN A TREND OF INCREASING
HOMELESSNESS PARTICULARLY ON
THE WEST COAST AND PARTICULARLY
IN ON SHELTERED HOMELESSNESS,
WE ARE NOT ALONE AND MANY OTHER
TRENDS WE ARE SEEING, ALSO WITH
INCREASES IN VEHICLE RESIDENCY
AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE
AND THE CHANGING CHILDREN
OPERATIONS AND NEEDS OF PEOPLE
EXPERIENCES ON SHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS.
THERE IS A RANGE OF RESULTS IN
THE POINT IN TIME COUNT.
THERE ARE BROAD REQUIREMENTS
FROM HUD ABOUT HOW COMMUNITIES
CARRY OUT THEBUT NOT A CHOSEN
METHODOLOGY.
EVERY COMMITTEE HAS A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT IMPLEMENTATION METHOD
. DEPENDING ON THE REGION --
>> I BELIEVED YOU CHANGE THAT
METHODOLOGY RECENTLY.
>> THE RESULTS WE ARE SHARING
HERE IS THE THIRD YEAR OF
CARRYING OUT THIS METHODOLOGY
FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW.
PRIOR TO THAT WE WERE DOING
WHAT IS KNOWN AS A HOTSPOT
COUNTING.
REALLY HONING IN ON AREAS WHERE
PEOPLE WERE KNOWN TO BE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
BUT AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
KING COUNTY REGION, STARTING
THREE YEARS AGO IN 2017, WE
BEGAN A WHOLE ENUMERATION OF
KING COUNTY.
AN ENUMERATION OF ALL 390
CENSUS TRACTS IN KING COUNTY.
>> IS TO THREE YEARS AGO THAT
WAS WHEN SEATTLE KING COUNTY
COMMISSIONER OF HOMELESSNESS
DID THE COUNT, RIGHT?
>> YES.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPONENTS
TO THE COUNT.
AGAIN TO ADHERE TO HUD, THIS IS
A SUBSET OF PEOPLE EXPECTING
HOMELESSNESS SO IT'S NOT
CAPTURING PEOPLE WHO ARE COUNT
SURFING OR DOUBLED UP
TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY
STAYING WITH FRIENDS AND
FAMILY.
IT IS REALLY COVERING ON
SHELTERED AND SHELTERED
HOMELESSNESS.
ON THE SHELTERED SIDE IT IS
ONLY IS MEETING PEOPLE WHO ARE
IN EMERGENCY SHELTERS, SAFE
HAVENS AND TRADITIONAL HOUSING.
SO THE SHELTERED SIDE OF THE
COUNT YOU SEE IN THE HMIS DATA
IS EVEN A BROADER SUBSET
KNOWING WE ARE CAPTURING FOLKS
WHO ARE ENGAGING IN ANY TYPE OF
SERVICE IN THE SYSTEM.
>> IN THE NEW METHODOLOGY
YOU'RE COUNTING PEOPLE WHO ARE
VEHICLE RESIDENTS?
>> YES.
I WILL GET INTO DETAILS ABOUT
THAT.
>> THE COUNT COMPONENTS INCLUDE
THE OBSERVATIONAL STREET COUNT
WHICH IS WHAT MANY OF OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS GET INVOLVED
IN AS VOLUNTEERS, INFORM HOW WE
CARRY OUT THE ACCOUNT.
THOSE ARE THE 2 AM-6 AM TIME
FRAME THIS YEAR AND GOING OUT
INTO THOSE REGIONS OF THE
COUNTY TO DO AN OBSERVATIONAL
COUNT ONLY.
ADDITIONALLY THERE IS A YOUTH
AND YOUNG ADULT COUNT WITHIN 24
HOURS OF THE GENERAL STREET
COUNT AND AN EFFORT TO
DUPLICATE THOSE NUMBERS.
THAT COUNT IS HEAVILY RELIANT
ON OUR YOUTH SERVICE PROVIDERS
AND SYSTEM PARTNERS TO GO TO
PLACES WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
ACCESSING SERVICES AND CONDUCT
A SURVEY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE
DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.
FOLLOWING THE COUNT THERE IS A
SURVEY CONDUCTED.
THIS IS A SAMPLE REPRESENTATIVE
SURVEY SO WE SURVEYED MANY
INDIVIDUALS. THE FULL
ENUMERATION IS ONLY AN
OBSERVATIONAL COUNT.
THIS IS INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT
THAT INFORMATION.
THE SHELTER COUNT IS CAPTURED
THROUGH HMIS AS WELL AS A
SURVEY THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT
ARE NOT PARTICIPATING IN HMIS .
I MENTIONED THE METHODOLOGY
CHANGES.
THE METHODOLOGY HAS NOT CHANGED
WITHIN THOSE THREE YEARS.
WE HAVE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
EFFORTS GETTING FEEDBACK EACH
YEAR FROM VOLUNTEERS, GUYS,
THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED CONDUCT
THE COUNT TO TRY TO MAKE
IMPROVEMENTS OVER TIME. THOSE
IMPROVEMENTS DID NOT CHANGE THE
ACTUAL METHODOLOGY. IN 2019 WE
HAD MORE THAN 600 VOLUNTEERS
AND PROXIMALLY 130 PAID GUIDE
POSITIONS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE OFFERING THEIR
EXPERTISE TO THE COUNT ITSELF.
AND A VIRTUAL 100% CANVASSING
OF ALL REGIONS IN KING COUNTY.
>> THAT WAS TRUE IN THE PAST
ALSO?
>> THE PAST THREE YEARS.
BEFORE THAT IT WAS JUST HOTSPOT
úCOUNTING.
JUST WITHIN THE AREA AND NOT
ALL DISTRICTS.
>> CAN I ASK IF THERE ARE
PLACES THAT WE THINK ARE NOT
PART OF THE CENSUS TRACTS LIKE
GREEN BELTS?
IT'S LIKE THAT WOULD BE THE
SPECIALIZED.
>> WE DO WORK WITH SOME
PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO
HAVE SPECIALIZED THINGS FOR
AREAS THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT
TO COUNT BY ALL TEARS OR MAYBE
ARE LESS SAFE OR LESS GENERAL
VOLUNTEER MEMBERS. ENCAMPMENT
LOCATIONS, SENTIENT AND
UNSANCTIONED FALL INTO THAT
CATEGORY.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRACK THE
SANCTIONING COUNT THROUGH HMIS.
BUT WITH DIFFERENT LOCATIONS,
WE HAVE WORKED WITH EITHER THE
LEADERSHIP OF THOSE LOCATIONS,
OF THOSE SITES, OR WITH
OUTREACH TEAMS TO MAKE SURE
THAT FOLKS WHO HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS, PART OF THOSE
COMMUNITIES, ARE HELPING
ESTIMATE THOSE PARTICULAR
AREAS.
THAT'S WHERE THERE IS
PARTICULARLY A LARGE NUMBER OF
STRUCTURES OR TENTS IN AN
ENCAMPMENT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE
DIFFICULT FOR A VOLUNTEER TEAM
TO SIMPLY WALK BY AND COUNT THE
NUMBER OF STRUCTURES IN THE
AREA.
THERE IS A SPECIALIZED COUNTS
FOR THE LATE NIGHT BUS ZONES OR
BUS ROUTES AND FOR AND
SHELTERED FAMILIES.
WE HAVE A PROCESS FOR HOW
UNCHARTERED FAMILIES ARE
CONNECTED TO SHELTERS.
THE OVERALL RESULTS I AM SURE
YOU ARE FAMILIAR BY NOW IS
SPEAKING ABOUT THIS IN THE
COMMUNITY, THE OVERESTIMATION
IN 2019 WAS THAT 11,199
INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT A PERMANENT
PLACE TO BE.
THAT IS BOTH UNCHARTERED AND
UNCHARTERED INDIVIDUALS ON THAT
ONE GIVEN NIGHT.
THIS REFLECTED AN OVERALL 8%
DECREASE. 80% INCREASE IN THOSE
THAT ARE SHELTERED IN EMERGENCY
SHELTERS, OR SAFE HAVENS.
A 17% DECREASE IN UNCHARTERED
HOMELESSNESS.
THIS IS THE FIRST DECREASE WE
HAVE SEEN IN SEVEN YEARS.
WE LOOK TO THE POINT IN TIME
COUNT FOR TRENDS OVER TIME.
WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE
DIRECTION OF OUR SYSTEM.
THE ESTIMATION IS NOT PERFECT.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR IS SUSTAINED
TRENDS.
WE ARE OF COURSE HOPEFUL FOR
THE DIRECTIONALITY OF THIS
UNCHARTERED COUNT GOING DOWN
BUT WE ALSO WANT TO SEE THAT
SUSTAINED OVER TIME AND KNOW WE
HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD TO
MAKE SURE THAT IS THE CASE THAT
WE HAVE THE SERVICES TO ADDRESS
THAT NEED.
>> IN YOUR ESTROGEN IS ACCURATE
TO SAY THAT NOW THAT YOU HAVE
SHIFTED TO COVERING ALL OF
THOSE CENSUS TRACTS THAT YOU'RE
NOT MISSING ANY HOTSPOTS EITHER
SO IT IS LIKE A SUPERSET OF
WHAT YOU USE TO DO AND YOU ARE
NOT EXCLUDING ANY?
>> THERE IS A BETTER LIKELIHOOD
WE ARE CAPTURING ALL HOTSPOTS.
IT IS KNOWN THIS IS AN
UNDERCOUNT.
THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WE ARE
NOT ABLE TO OBSERVE IN JUST A
STREET COUNT.
THERE IS ALSO PEOPLE WHO DON'T
WANT TO BE COUNTED AND MAKE
THEIR BEST EFFORT TO BE OUT OF
LINE OF SIGHT.
I DO THINK THAT, BEFORE THESE
THREE YEARS WE DID A GOOD JOB.
OUR PARTNERS DID A GOOD JOB OF
THE HOTSPOT APPROACH.
YET THIS IS STILL AN IMPERFECT
TOOL.
THE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT
HERE IN PARTICULAR IS LOOKING
AT SPECIFIC POPULATIONS, SO WE
REPORT BOTH TO HUD AND WITHIN
OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY SPECIFIC
RESULTS FOR FAMILIES, YOUTH AND
YOUNG ADULTS, VETERANS, AND
WHAT WE SEE IS AN OVERALL
DECREASE ACROSS ALL
POPULATIONS.
WE HAVE NOW SEEN DECREASES FOR
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN FOR FOUR
YEARS IN A ROW.
I WAS AT A POINT IN TIME COUNT
IS A VERY DIFFICULT TOOL
SPECIFICALLY TO MEASURE
UNCHARTERED HOMELESSNESS FOR
FAMILIES.
I SAY THAT WITH SOME CAUTION.
BUT IT IS ALSO A CONTINUING
TREND SO WE FIND HOPE IN THAT.
WE HAVE ALSO SEEN VETERAN
HOMELESSNESS DECLINE TWO YEARS
IN A ROW UNACCOMPANIED MINOR
HOMES IS HAS DECLINED 2 YEARS
IN A ROW NOW.
63% SINCE 2018.
THEN YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN
TOTAL DECREASED 20% OVER THE
LAST YEAR.
THAT IS THE FIRST OVERALL
DECLINE IN YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
BUT WE HAVE AN EFFORT UNDERWAY
NOW TO TRULY COLLABORATE AND
STRENGTHEN OUR EFFORTS IN THE
YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT SYSTEM.
I KNOW OUR PARTNERS AT ALL
HOME, YOUTH ACTION BOARD CAME
TO SPEAK TO US YESTERDAY.
AGAIN, THESE ARE SUCCESSES WE
WANT TO LEARN FROM BUT ALSO
CONTINUE TO MEASURE AGAINST
WHAT WE SEE IN THE HOMELESS
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
AND CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER TIME.
SOME SPECIFIC INFORMATION AS
YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT, WE DO NOT
JUST TRACK SHELTERED VERSUS
UNCHARTERED LOCATIONS BUT WHERE
PEOPLE ARE STAYING OUTDOORS.
SO WE GENERALLY SAW THE
UNCHARTERED POPULATION LIVING
OUTSIDE OR IN TENTS IN
UNSANCTIONED TENTS INCREASES
YOUR FILE HOME VEHICLE RESIDENCY
DECREASED.
THIS IS A CHANGE FROM THE
RESULTS WE SAW IN 2018.
IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A FLIP FROM
THAT.
THERE WAS A DECREASE IN TENT AND
UNSANCTIONED LOCATIONS AND AN
INCREASE, A SHARP INCREASE IN
VEHICLE RESIDENCY.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT.
WE NEED TO ATTRACT ALL SOURCES
OF DATA.
WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING
INFORMATION AOUT WHO IN HMIS
IS REPORTING AS STAYING IN A
DIFFICULT WHEN ENGAGING IN
SERVICES.
BUT THAT JUST STARTED MIDYEAR
2018 SO IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT
TO LOOK TO AS WE GET MORE DATA
CAPTURED IN MULTIPLE SYSTEMS TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS TREND.
WE HAVE SOME REGIONAL
INFORMATION WE LEARNED.
WE ALWAYS WANT TO INCISE THIS
IS A REGIONAL CRISIS AND IT IS
IMPORTANT TO LOOK ACROSS ALL
AREAS BUT UNDERSTANDING A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING REGION BY REGION,
MOST REGIONS OF THE KING COUNTY
AREA SOUGHT DECREASES IN
UNCHARTERED HOMELESSNESS.
THE EXCEPTION TO THAT WAS WEST
KING COUNTY.
OUR PARTNERS THERE HAVE SHARED
THAT THEY FELT THEY HAD A MORE
HAS OF VOLUNTEER POOL AND
APPROACH TO THEIR ACCOUNT THIS
YEAR THAN THEY DID IN 2018 AND
FELT THIS NUMBER REALLY
REPRESENTS WHAT THEY ARE SEEING
IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
BUT AGAIN, -- IN THE SOUTHWEST
REGION IN PARTICULAR.
SO IN TERMS OF
DISPROPORTIONALITY, I WAS HERE
FOR AT LEAST PART OF THE
EARLIER RECITATION.
I USED TO WORK AND TENANT RIGHTS
AND I REALLY CARE ABOUT THAT
TOPIC AS WELL.
WHAT THEY MENTIONED ABOUT
RACISM AND DISCRETION IS OF
COURSE TRUE THAT IN OUR
HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM.
WHAT WE SEE HERE IS INCREASED
DISPARITIES AND THE POINT IN
TIME COUNT ESPECIALLY FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES,
IN AMERICA AND HISPANIC LATINO.
WE DID SEE A SHARP CHANGE IN
THE RESULTS FOR AMERICAN INDIAN
ALASKAN NATIVE.
WE LOOKED AND WORKED CLOSELY
WITH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PAST
YEAR TO IMPROVE OUR EFFORTS IN
HOW WE CONDUCT THE COUNT WITHIN
THE NATIVE COMMUNITY TO MAKE
SURE WE HAD SURVEYORS THAT ARE
NATIVE PEOPLE.
WE NEED THE SAME EQUITY LANDS
ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
SO THIS YEAR'S COUNT OF 10%
REPRESENTING AMERICAN INDIAN
ALASKAN NATIVE IS MORE
REFLECTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY
INDICATE A SHARP INCREASE OF
NATIVE HOMELESSNESS.
IT'S MORE REFLECTIVE.
AGAIN WE NEED TO TAKE THAT
EFFORTS IN THE COMMUNITY. A
THAT IS COMPARED TO 1% OF THE
OVERALL POPULATION EXPERIENCE
IN HOMELESSNESS.
FOR THE HOMELESS SYSTEM AND
WHAT WE SEE IN TERMS OF
INTERSECTION OF RACE AND
HOMELESSNESS, THIS IS THE
IMPACT OF HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND WE
KNOW THAT BECAUSE IT IS
CONSISTENT NOT JUST WITHIN THIS
COMMITTEE BUT ACROSS THE ENTIRE
COME TO COUNTRY.
ADDITIONAL DISPARITIES,
APPROXIMATELY 64% OF PEOPLE
SURVEYED ARE LIVING WITH ONE OR
MORE HEALTH CONDITIONS.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITIONS
BEING THE MOST PREVIOUSLY
REPORTED.
THIS IS IN COMPARISON TO 6.4%
OF PEOPLE IN THE GENERAL COUNTY
POPULATION REPORTING LIVING
WITH A DISABILITY.
I DO WANT TO NOTE BECAUSE I
HAVE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS
THAT WE SAW SOME DECREASES IN
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT
REPORTED HAVING A MENTAL
ILLNESS OR SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER IN THE COUNT THIS
YEAR.
THOSE ARE VERY DIFFICULT DATA TO
ASSESS.
THERE ARE LIMITATIONS AND
FLUCTUATIONS IN THAT TYPE OF
REPORTING.
IT IS DEPENDENT ON MULTIPLE
QUESTIONS WITHIN THE SERVICE OR
NOT JUST WHETHER PEOPLE ARE
EXPERIENCING A HEALTH CONDITION
BUT IF THAT IS A DISABLING
CONDITION.
>> SO GET JUST DIRECTLY COMPARE
WHETHER A CONDITION IS
CATEGORIZED AS A DISABILITY AND
ALSO, ABOVE, THE ONE ABOVE IS
TALKING ABOUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CONDITIONS AND THIS IS ALL THE
POPULATION UNDER 65 THAT HAS
ANY DISABILITY. SO IT COULD BE
PHYSICAL DISABILITY AS WELL.
>> YES.
>> WHAT DO WE SEE AMONG THE
HOMELESS COMMUNITY THAT AS WE
SEE THROUGH OUR MEASURES
ANYWAY, IN TERMS OF WHAT KIND
OF DISABILITIES ARE MOST OFTEN
SEEN?
>> I WOULD NOT BE THE BEST
PERSON TO SPEAK TO THAT.
I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA OFFHAND
BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE
YOU WITH MORE.
THERE IS MORE DETAILED
INFORMATION IN THE FULL REPORT
AND THEN OF COURSE THE DATA
THAT WE COLLECT AT HMIS WILL
OFFER AN ADDITIONAL SET OF
INFORMATION TO SHARE.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
INCLUDING THE SLIDES
SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE KNOW
THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED
BY HOMELESSNESS BUT I DON'T
THINK IT IS RECOGNIZED WIDELY
ENOUGH THAT THIS IS A
PARTICULAR ABLATION THAT
EXPERIENCE IT.
>> IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING BACK
IS LIKE COLLEGES BECAUSE THE
CHART DRAW ME TO THIS AND I
DIDN'T WANT TO MISS ANOTHER
PIECE.
PEOPLE WHO ALSO IDENTIFY AS
LGBTQ ALSO HAVE HIGHER RATES
PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE
EXPECTING HOMELESS IS RECORDED
IDENTIFYING AS LGBTQ AT 34%
COMPARED TO 20% OF THE GENERAL
HOMELESS POPULATION AND 5% OF
THE OVERALL POPULATION.
THAT MEANS IT NEEDS OUR
ATTENTION AND ON ALL OF THESE
DISPARITIES WE NEED TO BE
EXPLICIT ABOUT OUR SOLUTIONS TO
TRULY ADDRESS THE CRISIS.
I WANT TO LIFT UP AN ADVOCACY
MOMENT HERE THAT HAD HAS
RECENTLY RELEASED A PROPOSED
RULE AROUND THE EQUAL ACCESS
RULE.
IT WILL CHALLENGE PROJECTIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR
TRANSGENDER.
WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO OUR
FEDERAL PARTNERS AND WE AT ALL
HOME AND HOUSING AUTHORITY
PARTNERS, WE ARE ALL REALLY
LIFTING OUR VOICE TO THAT
ISSUE.
I THINK THAT IS IT.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
I THINK THAT WAS THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION.
>> YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF
QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
PRESENTATION.
ANY FINAL THOUGHTS?
I FEEL THE QUESTION OF THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, I THINK
THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
CONTEXT.
>> OBVIOUSLY WE ARE CONTINUING
TO UPDATE THESE DASHBOARDS.
THESE ARE LIFE.
THE POINT IN TIME COUNT HAPPENS
ANNUALLY BUT THE DASHBOARDS ARE
LIVE DATA UPDATED QUARTERLY.
AS QUESTIONS ARISE AND YOU WANT
TO NAVIGATE THROUGH, PLEASE DO
EXPLORE AND LET US KNOW WHEN
QUESTIONS COME UP.
>> WE WILL DO THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
I NEED TO OFFICIALLY ADJOURN
THE MEETING.
MEETING ADJOURNED.
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