Amendment ID: S2655-39

Amendment 39

Reinstating EA Shelter Reporting Requirements through FY26

Mr. Fattman, Mrs. Dooner and Mr. Durant move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section x the following section:-

SECTION X. The executive office for administration and finance shall submit a biweekly report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and the house and senate committees on ways and means that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the total caseload of the emergency housing assistance program, delineated by rapid shelter track and bridge shelter track; (ii) the number of families who have applied for emergency assistance housing in the previous 14 days, delineated by rapid shelter track and bridge shelter track; (iii) the number of families who were unable to provide the required verification during application in the previous 14 days; (iv) the number of families who were unable to provide the required verifications but were granted a case-specific waiver by the secretary of housing and livable communities in the previous 14 days; (v) the number of families on the waitlist for services under the emergency assistance housing program, delineated by rapid shelter track and bridge shelter track; (vi) a description of the services provided to such families, delineated by rapid shelter track and bridge shelter track; (vii) the total number of families who have exited the emergency assistance housing program in the previous 14 days, delineated by rapid shelter track and bridge shelter track and delineating length of stay in emergency shelter of each family, with information on housing outcomes for each family including, but not limited to, exits to stable housing, transitional housing, a homeless shelter or homelessness; (viii) a summary of resources, programs and assistance, including, but not limited to, HomeBASE, used by families who exited shelter in the previous 14 days, delineated by rapid shelter track and bridge shelter track, and including the length of time between when families apply for assistance and when they are approved, with information on housing outcomes for each family including, but not limited to, exits to stable housing, transitional housing, a homeless shelter or homelessness; (ix) the total number of families who exited emergency shelter in the previous 14 days due to the length of stay limits, delineated by rapid shelter track and bridge shelter track, and including information on resources or supports for those families exiting; (x) the total number of families on the waitlist who have been placed in emergency shelter in the previous 14 days, delineated by rapid shelter track and bridge shelter track; (xi) the total number of individuals in the emergency assistance housing program that are employed; (xii) the average and median length of stay for families currently in the emergency assistance housing program, delineated by rapid shelter track and bridge shelter track; (xiii) the total number of families who have applied for a hardship waiver and were granted a hardship waiver by the secretary of housing and livable communities in the previous 14 days; (xiv) the total number of hotel and motel rooms in use in the previous 14 days, delineated by municipality; (xv) the total number of hotel and motel rooms that have been phased out of emergency shelter use in the previous 14 days, delineated by municipality; (xvi) a summary of the reasons for which families within the emergency housing assistance program have become homeless, including whether they had previously applied for other forms of housing assistance and were delayed or denied in receiving such assistance immediately before becoming homeless, and the total number of families attributed to each reason; (xvii) the weekly average per-family cost associated with housing families in the emergency housing assistance program; and (xviii) the total estimated cost of the emergency assistance housing program for fiscal year 2026 based on projected changes to estimated caseload, capacity and other policy changes.”