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Reduce homelessness, and improve housing outcomes.

End-state aim by June 2031 — Unsheltered homelessness rare and brief, inflow consistently below outflow, a 30-day average time to permanent housing, and 90% of people housed remaining stably housed.

30% unsheltered · Yr 130-day average90% retentionSix functions
How this lane works

This is the lane the Strategic Framework’s six operational functions most directly serve — Street Outreach and Coordinated Entry, Case Conferencing, the Flexible Housing Assistance Fund, Landlord Engagement, Housing Stabilization Case Management, and Housing Sprints.

The February 2026 family sprint — which housed fifteen families against a goal of ten, plus three more into non-congregate shelter — is the proof point of how these functions work together inside this lane.

Secondary strategy lanes

The specific, parallel bands of work within this lane.

  • 01Process improvements to shorten the length of time homeless and increase housing exits — continuously improving Coordinated Entry and system flows.
  • 02Aligned strategy and resources for inflow reduction — working upstream and on housing retention.
  • 03A cross-sector strategy to reduce unsheltered homelessness and amplify impact.
  • 04Partnership with health and behavioral health systems on interventions for individuals with complex care needs.
  • 05Partnership with schools and economic-mobility efforts to support households.
Year by year

Milestones to 2031.

What this lane aims to achieve by the end of each fiscal year.

Year 1
6/30/27

Reduce unsheltered homelessness 30%; improve throughput from shelters and interim housing; complete inflow analysis; improve retention for one population.

Year 2
6/30/28

Reduce unsheltered homelessness 60%; improve placements for all populations; decreased inflow for one-plus populations; retention improved for two-plus.

Year 3 · FZ
6/30/29

Functional zero for unsheltered homelessness; reduced time to housing for all populations; continued inflow reductions; retention improved for all.

Year 4
6/30/30

Sustained reduction in unsheltered homelessness; process improvements sustained; low inflow sustained.

Year 5
6/30/31

Unsheltered homelessness rare and brief — and the public sees it; 30-day average to housing; inflow below outflow; 90% remain stably housed.

Where this lane lives in the Strategic Framework.

  • Part One. The Proof Point — February 2026.
  • Part Two. Populations of Focus and The Operational System.
  • Part Four. The Flexible Housing Assistance Fund, Landlord Engagement, Housing Stabilization Case Management, and Housing Sprints.