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4 <br /> 1 Commissioner Dorosin said this conversation highlights a more fundamental issue, <br /> 2 which is the need to prioritize more affordable housing units. He said the prospect of getting <br /> 3 the private market to be more amenable to renting to those at risk of homelessness is a losing <br /> 4 battle. He said it would be ideal to have low income housing integrated into regular market <br /> 5 housing, but that goal may have to be sacrificed in order to simply increase the amount of low <br /> 6 income housing available. <br /> 7 Jamie Rohe said the past Housing Director, Tara Fikes, said if the apartment complexes <br /> 8 are no longer taking vouchers, then individual landlords need to be approached. She said she <br /> 9 has heard many people say this same message. <br /> 10 Jamie Rohe said more affordable rental housing must be built, as the current housing <br /> 11 status is in crisis mode. She said the battle has to be fought on several fronts: increasing <br /> 12 housing, recruiting more landlords, etc. She said the creation of a Housing Locator Specialist <br /> 13 Position would help greatly. She said there is a duplication of efforts across the County to find <br /> 14 affordable housing for their clients; and a housing locator position would be able to recruit <br /> 15 landlords, and maintain good relationships with them. She said this position would help reduce <br /> 16 duplication efforts and would maintain relationships with providers and clients, as they provide <br /> 17 housing for the homeless. <br /> 18 Commissioner Price asked if Jamie Rohe's role in this plan could be explained. <br /> 19 Jamie Rohe said she is not a service provider or a housing provider, but rather she is <br /> 20 the Homeless Programs Coordinator. She said she is responsible for applying for the funds, <br /> 21 writing the grants, staffing all the work groups, collecting data, and using that data effectively. <br /> 22 She said she brings groups together to work collaboratively, and to implement best practices. <br /> 23 Commissioner Price asked if homelessness has been reduced. <br /> 24 Jamie Rohe said that no, homelessness has not been reduced. She said their data has <br /> 25 not been good enough to know how homelessness is changing in the area. <br /> 26 Jamie Rohe said the numbers of unsheltered homeless has dropped significantly in the <br /> 27 past several years, due to people getting into permanent supportive housing. She said the <br /> 28 overall numbers for homelessness have not gone down, and that homelessness is an indicator <br /> 29 of extreme poverty. <br /> 30 Commissioner Price said the information in the abstract did not mention much about <br /> 31 training and employment. <br /> 32 Jamie Rohe said the Plan to End Homelessness has three parts to it, and her <br /> 33 presentation this evening is only focusing on the housing component. She said she would <br /> 34 welcome the opportunity to return and talk about the other parts. <br /> 35 Bonnie Hammersley said Jamie Rohe's position is funded by all four government <br /> 36 entities. She said there is a lot of overlap between governmental entities, and that is why <br /> 37 Jamie's position was moved from the Housing Department to the Manager's office. <br /> 38 Bonnie Hammersley said she has some responses to share in the Budget discussion <br /> 39 next week. <br /> 40 Commissioner Jacobs said there was a presentation from Affordable Housing Advisory <br /> 41 Board, about a year ago. He said this Board asked for funding for one of its members to act as <br /> 42 a clearinghouse for affordable housing opportunities in Orange County. He asked if there was <br /> 43 an update on this topic. <br /> 44 Jamie Rohe said the proposal for the Orange County Clearinghouse Network has some <br /> 45 good elements to it; however, clearinghouse networks are notoriously hard to maintain. She <br /> 46 said this process did not work well at the Federal level. She said it must be considered why <br /> 47 these are not working, and what is needed in order to succeed. She said there must be a <br /> 48 deliberative process of engaging partners; including relationships with providers, ideally with the <br /> 49 clients themselves and also with the landlords. <br />
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