Let’s House Hayward! Strategic plan to reduce homelessness
The City of Hayward has long identified homelessness and housing affordability as a key issues in the community and has supported local efforts to address these issues in conjunction with the larger regional efforts, as evidenced by the City’s recently approved Hayward Strategic Roadmap. One of the City’s six priority areas for the next three years is to Preserve, Protect, and Produce Housing for All. Within this priority are ten different projects to holistically address affordable housing and homelessness in the City, including the creation of the “Let’s House Hayward!” homelessness reduction strategic plan.
Like other jurisdictions across the nation and world, the City of Hayward is responding to COVID-19 and the short and long-term fiscal and economic implications of the global pandemic. With drastic increases in unemployment, State, regional and local financial resources have diminished considerably and the potential for increased rates of housing instability and homelessness is high.
The Let’s House Hayward! Plan will use an empowerment approach,include best practices, and align with the EveryOne Home Strategic plan as well as other relevant Alameda County framework and plans.
As a nationally recognized expert on homelessness with extensive technical assistance and facilitation experience, Homebase is supporting the Hayward Community Services Division in the drafting of the City’s homelessness reduction strategic plan.
Hayward City Council adopted the final Let's House Hayward! Strategic Plan on July 13, 2021. Click here to view the full plan.
Project Timeline:
Milestone | Approximate Date(s) |
|---|---|
| Issue RFP | June 3, 2020 |
| Selection of Firm | September 2020 |
| Conduct Assessment of Existing System and Services | September 2020 - October 2020 |
| Stakeholder Engagement/ Input | September 2020 – January 2021 |
| Synthesis and Draft Plan Development | January 2021 - April 2021 |
| Finalize the Plan and Plan Approval | July 2021 |
