Every year, the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing participates in San Francisco’s city budget process. Information about HSH’s proposed FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 budget is posted on this page.
FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 Budget Process
Throughout winter 2024, HSH developed our proposals for the FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 budget. On January 4, and February 12, 2024, HSH presented our proposed budget to the Homelessness Oversight Committee.
The Mayor’s Proposed FY 2024-26 budget:
- Provides a balanced budget, despite facing a significant citywide deficit.
- Prioritizes maintaining current services and programs that support the goals of the Home by the Bay citywide strategic plan by leveraging local, state, and federal funds.
- Includes a $82.6 million investment to expand emergency family shelter, family rental subsidies, and rental subsidies for young adults.
Next, HSH will present the Mayor’s proposed budget to the Homelessness Oversight Commission on June 6th, and at the Budget and Appropriations Committee of the Board of Supervisors on June 13th and 20th.
FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 Proposed Budget Overview
The proposed budget allocates $846.8 million to HSH in FY 2024-25 and $677 million in FY 2025-26.
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Sources in the Mayor’s Proposed two-year budget include: 43.9% from local General Fund dollars, 32.2% from local Our City, Our Home dollars, 9.1% in federal funds, 7.8% in other local funds, and 4% in state funds. Combination of state funding and Our City, Our Home fund allocations provide a slight increase in FY 2024-25 and a significant decrease in FY 2025-26.
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With ongoing Our City, Our Home funding, HSH’s budget has more than tripled since the first year of the Department’s operation.
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92% of the proposed two-year budget would be appropriated to homelessness response system services, including 60% ($916.6 million) to housing. Housing costs go towards subsidies and services that keep households who have exited homelessness stably and successfully housed as well as new units.
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The adopted budget allocates 8% to departmental salaries, fringe benefits, and department-wide costs, including work orders with other City departments.
FY 2024-26 Proposed Key Initiatives
Investments in Families (Safer Families Initiative)
$50.1 million investment over two years to shelter approximately 600 families and house more than 450 families through new investments and turnover in existing resources.
- $23.8 million for 130 rapid rehousing subsidies for families
- $11.6 million for 115 emergency shelter hotel vouchers for families
- $9.9 million for 50 rapid rehousing subsidies for young adult-headed family households
- $4.8 million for 35 shallow rental subsidies for families
Investments in Young Adults
$32.5 million investment over two years to provide housing subsidies for over 280 young adults households.
- $24.5 million for 235 rapid rehousing subsidies for young adults
- $3 million for 50 flexible housing subsidies for young adults
- $5 million to acquire a new housing site for justice-involved youth to support the Just Home Project, an initiative led by MacArthur Foundation and Urban Institute.
Shelter Investments
$57.7 million investment over two years to maintain and expand temporary shelter programs serving adults and families
- $5 million one-time funding to construct and launch a Safe Parking program in the Westside of the city
- $32.9 million to continue 288 beds of non-congregate shelter for adults
- $7.9 million to support capital and operations of new shelter program in the Bayview providing mix of cabins and safe parking
- $11.6 million for 115 emergency shelter hotel vouchers for families
- $0.3 million to expand capacity at the Buena Vista Horace Mann family shelter
Our City, Our Home Fund Two-Year Spending Plan
While the City faces a budget deficit, Our City, Our Home (OCOH) Fund has sufficient resources to support a much-needed expansion of shelter and housing for adults, families and young adults. The Mayor’s proposed budget includes:
- $47.2 million investment of OCOH funds towards the Safer Families initiative
- $32.5 million investment of OCOH funds towards expanding housing for young adults
This proposal requires a one-time reallocation of $17.6 million in accrued OCOH Fund interest to support families with children, and suspends the 12% cap on short-term rental subsidies for two budget cycles.
The proposal does not redirect funding away from projects or other populations, but uses unplanned interest to meet the growing need of homeless families. This proposal requires legislative approval by the Board of Supervisors.
The proposed budget continues investments in all current OCOH funded programs and supports investments recommended by the OCOH Oversight Committee.
Additional Resources
- FY2024-25 and FY2025-26 Mayor’s Proposed Budget Book (HSH content begins on page 213)
- Proposed FY 2024-26 Budget Presentation presented to the Homelessness Oversight Commission on June 6, 2024.