The refreshed Plan will be released on March 13, and will go to a joint meeting of the City’s Planning and Housing and Community Services Committee on March 24. It will go to City Council on April 8.
This presentation gives an overview of the development of the Plan and the role played by the HHLT and engagement with the housing and homelessness sectors.
The HHLT gives us all a new way of working together.
As we prepare to launch the refreshed Plan, we need to acknowledge reality: it’s been a very hard winter, and people are struggling right now. The work we are doing is urgent.
We are all parts of an interconnected system. No one organization, sector or government has all of the resources or responsibility to achieve the goals of the Plan.
People’s needs don’t exist in silos, and our work can’t either. We need a holistic approach.
We acknowledge that certain demographics and populations face systemic challenges, and that equity must guide us in prioritizing resources.
The 10-Year Plan is so high-level that it may be hard to see your organization or your clients in it. The Plan relies on everyone. Boards, leaders, front line staff and clients all have a role to play in the Plan’s success. We urge you to have strategic conversations about how your work connects into the Plan and how we can work together.
Working together is hard. We need to build / rebuild trust, to develop / redevelop relationships. We all have a shared accountability to achieving our shared goals.
Progress is already happening: projects like shelter diversion, ending youth homelessness, scaling supportive housing, are in development or underway.
We’re much more together than the sum of our parts. Stay in touch / stay involved, and help this important work succeed.