Article XXV — HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

Sec. 2A.410. Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing.

(a) Establishment. There is hereby created a Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (“Department”). The Department shall include such officers and employees as are authorized pursuant to the budgetary and fiscal provisions of the Charter.

(b) Duties and Functions.

(1) Under the supervision and direction of the Director, the Department shall manage and direct housing, programs, and services for homeless persons in the City including, but not limited to, street outreach, homelessness prevention and problem solving, coordinated entry, homeless shelters, transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing, as well as certain designated functions set forth in Chapter 20 of this Code.

(2) The Director or designee of the Director shall attend meetings of the Homelessness Oversight Commission (“Commission”), established by Charter Section 4.133, and the Department shall provide administrative and clerical staffing as needed to the Commission and the Local Homeless

Coordinating Board and provide the Coordinating Board with the information they request in the exercise of their duties.

(3) The Department shall have such other duties and functions as are assigned by the Charter, an ordinance, or the Mayor pursuant to Charter Section 4.132.

(Added by Ord. 116-16, File No. 160638, App. 6/29/2016, Eff. 7/29/2016; amended by Ord. 35-23, File No. 230125, App. 3/17/2023, Eff. 4/17/2023)