Homeless to Present to Council

The Nashville Homeless Power Project will be giving a 15 minute presentation to the Budget & Finance Committee on May 15th and then provided another 15 minutes to hear comments and respond to questions from members of the Budget and Finance Committee.


REQUEST TO COUNCIL:
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET:

Increase Budget Allocation for Services Connected to Homeless Housing from $150,000 to $600,000.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET:

Increase Budget Allocation for Bricks and Morter for Homeless Housing from $450,000 to $1,700,000

(FULL PROPOSAL AT BOTTOM OF THIS EMAIL)

WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING?

Many of the solutions for housing already exist in Nashville but there isn’t enough truly affordable rental units. Any amount of funds allocated to housing of homeless people in this proposal would be directed toward the MetroCommission to End Homelessness. If this Commission, repeats it’s actions of last fiscal year, it will transfer these funds directly from the Metro Social Services Budget to the Metro Development and Housing Agency (MDHA). MDHA will then put out a “Request for Proposal” and agencies such as (but not limited to): Woodbine Community Organization, Urban Housing Solutions, Park Center, Campus for Human Development, etc, may apply for those fund to go toward new or newly available low-income housing that would be affordable to many homeless people.

WHO IS ON THE BUDGET & FINANCE COMMITTEE?

Rip Ryman – Chair, Mike Jameson - Vice Chair, David Briley, Buck Dozier, Brenda Gilmore, Emily Evans, Ronnie Greer, Ginger Hausser Pepper,
Diane Neighbors, Jim Shulman, Carolyn Baldwin Tucker, Charlie Tygard, Ludye Wallace, Lynn Williams

WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE METRO BUDGET:

March 23rd, 2007: Mayor submits proposal for General Operating Budget to Council
May 15th, 2007: Mayor submists proposal for Capitol Budget to Council
May 1st – June 26th: Budget & Finance Committee receive hearings from departments and public
May 15th, 2007 Council receives first reading of Capitol Improvements Budget
June 5th, 2007 Council & Public Hearing on 2nd reading of Capitol Improvements Budget
June 12, 2007 Final Reading of Capitol Improvements Budget

Call NHPP if you would like us to email you the full Council Calendar.


FULL PROPOSAL TO THE COUNCIL
NASHVILLE HOMELESS POWER PROJECT
Proposal to Metro Council
For Commission to End Chronic Homelessness for FY 2007/2008 Budget

In June 2005, the Mayor’s Commission to End Chronic Homelessness released it’s Strategic Plan to End Chronic Homelessness which included a commitment to build 1,800 units for homeless people, 1,000 for chronically homeless and 800 for homeless non-chronic individuals or families by the year 2015. To stay on track the Homeless Commission needs to leverage funds for 200 housing units per year. One-third of these funds, $2.3 Million would come from city dollars. The remaining two-thirds would come from federal and philanthropic dollars.


REQUEST TO COUNCIL:
GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET:

Increase Budget Allocation for Services Connected to Homeless Housing from $150,000 to $600,000.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET:

Increase Budget Allocation for Bricks and Morter for Homeless Housing from $450,000 to $1,700,000


Strategic Plan to End Chronic Homelessness 2005
Number of units needed to be added by 2015: 1,800
Per year goal 2007-2015 (9 years left in 10 year plan): 200 units
Average Cost per Unit: $35,000
Cost of 200 Units per year: $7,000,000

Proposed Source of Funds per Year (2007-2015)

Metropolitan Government $2,300,000
Philanthropic community $2,300,000
Grants to Nonprofits $2,400,000
Total $7,000,000

Nashville Homeless Power Project
Homeless Organizing the Homeless & Working for Solutions
42 The Arcade, Nashville, Tennessee 37219
Office: (615) 733-0633 Cell: (615) 569-4740
info@homelesspower.org www.homelesspower.org