How Many California Continuums of Care (CoCs) Have a Move On Strategy with Affordable Housing Providers in Their Jurisdictions?

-68% of California CoCs Have a Move On Strategy-

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) asked each Continuum of Care (CoC) applicant the following question, which was included in the 2018 Continuum of Care Program application:

“Does the CoC have a Move On strategy with affordable housing providers in its jurisdiction (e.g., multifamily assisted housing owners, PHAs (Public Housing Agencies), Low Income Tax Credit (LIHTC) developments, or local low-income housing programs)?”

HUD defined a Move On Strategy as

“How recipients move current CoC Program participants, who no longer require intensive services, from CoC Program funded-PSH beds to other housing assistance programs (including, but not limited to, Housing Choice Vouchers and Public Housing) in order to free up CoC Program funded-PSH beds to be used for persons experiencing homelessness.”

Table 1 shows that 28 or 68% of 41 California CoCs answered “yes” when asked the question noted above.

Table 1. Does the CoC have a Move On Strategy?

CoC #	Continuum of Care (CoC)	Yes	No
CA-500	San Jose/Santa Clara City & County CoC	x
CA-501	San Francisco CoC	x
CA-502	Oakland, Berkeley/Alameda County CoC	x
CA-503	Sacramento City & County CoC	x
CA-504	Santa Rosa, Petaluma/Sonoma County CoC	x
CA-505	Richmond/Contra Costa County CoC	x
CA-506	Salinas/Monterey, San Benito Counties CoC		x
CA-507	Marin County CoC	x
CA-508	Watsonville/Santa Cruz City & County CoC	x
CA-509	Mendocino County CoC		x
CA-510	Turlock, Modesto/Stanislaus County CoC	x
CA-511	Stockton/San Joaquin County CoC	x
CA-512	Daly City/San Mateo County CoC	x
CA-513	Visalia/Kings, Tulare Counties CoC	x
CA-514	Fresno City & County/Madera County CoC	x
CA-515	Roseville, Rocklin/Placer, Nevada Counties		x
CA-516	Redding/Shasta County CoC		x
CA-517	Napa City & County CoC	x
CA-518	Vallejo/Solano County CoC		x
CA-519	Chico, Paradise/Butte County CoC	x
CA-520	Merced City & County CoC		x
CA-521	Davis, Woodland/Yolo County CoC		x
CA-522	Humboldt County CoC	x
CA-523	Colusa, Glen, Trinity Counties CoC***
CA-524	Yuba City/Sutter County CoC		x
CA-525	El Dorado County CoC		x
CA-526	Tuolumne, Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa Counties CoC	x
CA-527	Tehama County CoC		x
CA-529	Lake County CoC***	x
CA-530	Alpine, Inyo, Mono Counties CoC	x
CA-600	Los Angeles City & County CoC	x
CA-601	San Diego City and County CoC	x
CA-602	Santa Ana, Anaheim/Orange County CoC	x
CA-603	Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County CoC	x
CA-604	Bakersfield/Kern County CoC	x
CA-606	Long Beach CoC		x
CA-607	Pasadena CoC	x
CA-608	Riverside City & County CoC	x
CA-609	San Bernardino City & County CoC	x
CA-610	Oxnard, San Buenaventura/Ventura County CoC		x
CA-612	Glendale CoC	x
CA-613	Imperial County CoC	x
CA-614	San Luis Obispo County CoC		x

Next Steps

Steps for CoCs that do not have a Move On Strategy include:

1. Identifying households in permanent supportive housing (PSH) that no longer require intensive supportive services and demonstrate the ability to live stably and maintain housing;
2. Asking such households if they are willing to move on (household must be willing);
3. Confirming that willing households meet any housing screening criteria in order to move on;
4. Ensuring that willing households in need of rental subsidies move into housing with rental subsidy;
5. Working with Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) to create a “homeless” preference for households to increase the possibility of willing households receiving a rental subsidy through housing choice vouchers;
• As noted in NOTICE PIH 2013-15 (HA) Section 7e, “A PHA may also have a preference for individuals and families transitioning, or “moving up,” from Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) units. These are persons that were previously homeless prior to entry into the PSH program but who no longer need that level of supportive services. While these persons would not be considered homeless for reporting purposes on the Form HUD 50058, creating such a “move up” preference will contribute significantly to the community’s overall efforts to end homelessness by freeing up units for currently homeless families and individuals with disabilities who need housing combined with services.”
6. Working with mainstream affordable housing resources including Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC);
7. Providing flexible financial assistance to cover costs related to moving expenses, security deposits, first month’s rent, etc. when needed;
8. Offering landlord mitigation funds to offset potential problems such as unpaid rent or excessive damage to units;
9. Providing transition case management to assist clients with income re-certification and/or application paperwork and to support continued housing stability; and
10. Offering home-based case management for a minimum of six months to help ensure households are maintaining their housing and report outcomes related to stable tenancy.

Helpful resources include:

• https://www.hudexchange.info/news/homeless-and-move-on-preference-technical-assistance-request-for-interest-rfi/
• https://www.csh.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Moving-On-Chapter-6-Final.pdf