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Kiro Action Housing Program (KAHP) Prepared for City of Austin and Travis County July 2020 www.KIROACTION.com www.KIROACTION.com KIRO ACTION AUSTIN PROTOTYPE KIRO ACTION prototype is setup near Mueller and is roughly 20 ft by 10 ft with the ability to sleep up to 4-people (3 adults and 1 child). With our solutions, we have the ability to make homes larger or smaller using our grid building system. If 200 sq ft is too small, our modular building design can be increased in 200 sq ft increments with ease, meaning you can have a customized unit that is 200 sq ft to 1000 sq ft (and above) using our patent-pending 10-ft wall system. The unit can be put together in hours by 4-people with no specialized tools or heavy machinery in a flat-packed profile with electricity, kitchenette and full bathroom. The units can be deployed in an empty parking lot or field, even if the ground is unlevel. The units can be designed to meet a specific need, changed up with various options, such as larger windows, and future units will be cladded with aluminum and wood siding. www.KIROACTION.com FULL CAPACITY LAYOUT Kitchenette is not pictured, but includes: small fridge, microwave, toaster oven, and hot plate Prototype is 20x10 and roughly 200 square feet. The size can be increased in 100-200 ft increments. Currently, there are two main designs and sizes for KIRO ACTION that include a 200 and 400 sq ft models. Not pictured is the 400 sq ft model, which is our new larger “carriage” home that is being developed with the State of Texas for crisis response and emergency relief. EXAMPLE LAYOUT and OCCUPANCY www.KIROACTION.com Double Occupancy Layout Bathroom with vanity, toilet and corner shower Window or Door Twin Bed S t o r a g e Sofa Bed Twin Bed Storage Kitchenette Kitchenette includes: small fridge, microwave, toaster oven, and hot plate Prototype is 20x10 and roughly 200 square feet. The size can be increased in 100-200 ft increments with current designs going up to 1200 sq ft. Currently, there are two main designs and sizes for KIRO ACTION that include a 200 and 400 sq ft models. Not pictured is the 400 sq ft model, which is our new larger “carriage” home that is being developed with the State of Texas for crisis response and emergency relief. The most important part is that the units are deployable, collapsible, flat-packed, put together in hours by four-people with no heavy tools or specialized machinery, built to the code of commercial and home applications, and aesthetically, a modern beautiful structure. www.KIROACTION.com FIVE PROPOSED USES KIRO ACTION homes have the ability to fix multiple issues with one solution including: 1- Deploy homes for COVID-19 housing on hospital parking lots. 2- Deploy homes on unutilized and under-utilized county-owned land, including parking lots and fields, to address criminal justice reform, including jail reduction. 3- Deploy homes on unutilized and under-utilized city-owned land, including parking lots and fields, for veteran homelessness. Housing and wraparound services for case management can be paid directly by Texas Veterans Commission to the City of Austin, Travis County and/or social services organization. 4- Deploy homes on unutilized and under-utilized city-owned land, including parking lots and fields, for general homelessness. Homes can be deployed on converted hotel parking lots, including ECHO-operated locations. 5- Deploy homes on religious-organization-owned land, including parking lots and fields, for veteran, general and need-based housing in partnership with religious organizations. www.KIROACTION.com Deploy Homes for COVID-19 Housing on Hospital Parking Lots COVID-19 HOUSING AT HOSPITALS In order to be prepared for stronger future waves of COVID-19, a proper housing strategy to segregate infected individuals from the general public, hospital staff and other patients is needed. One person that is potentially infected can infect staff and patients in a hospital if going through an ER room or in the main building. Pulling them away from those contact centers keeps spread to a minimum, even if it's just a cornered-off section of a hospital parking lot. Hospitals have a plethora of large open parking lots, where KIRO ACTION homes can be deployed in a cornered-off section of the lot. Below are the general ideas with a detailed implementation strategy to be detailed specific to the hospital in-use: 1- Create temporary locations consisting of medical facilities for testing, so that potentially sick patients don't go to ER rooms or hospitals and spread the virus unknowingly. Identification of 4-10 hospital parking lot locations with 20-30 homes deployed on each site in Austin is sufficient. 2- Our KIRO ACTION option can be deployed in hospital parking lots, empty field or state land away from the physical hospital. The home sits on it’s own structural steel base foundation and the land doesn’t need to be leveled to be deployed. 3- There are two options for connection of services of electricity, water and wastewater. Option 1, has the city plug into service lines best identified in hospital parking lots. Option 2, has a services unit to feed up to 15-homes with water, gray water tank, sewage tank and electricity with emptying or refilling done weekly; this option doesn’t require “tapping” into city services. 4- Medical staff still have access to the homes and allows for comfort of patient to have a standalone home that is similar to a hotel room. Hospital capacity can be increased overnight. The homes go up in hours, can be taken down in a day and moved to another location. 5- Smallest home configuration will require three-parking spots (roughly 200 sq ft) and a larger option will require 20x20 feet (400 sq ft). www.KIROACTION.com CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM & JAIL REDUCTION Deploy homes on unutilized and under-utilized county-owned land, including parking lots and fields, to help decriminalize homelessness and promote jail reduction through housing as a jail diversion opportunity. Similar to veteran and general homelessness, jail reduction requires meaningful steps with quicker results. It is unconstitutional and contravenes principles of equality that people receive lighter sentences because they have financial means and a home address. Essentially, being poor will causes people to spend more time in custody for the exact same crime as a person who has more financial resources. This costs the county unnecessary jail days to house individuals who should be released. The levels of offenses include: low level offenders, misdemeanors, drug charges, trespassing – this is not exclusively violent offenders whom are being forced to remain in custody under this money system. Below are the general ideas with an implementation strategy to be detailed specific to the hospital in-use: 1- Deploy homes on county-owned land, parking lots and at Criminal Justice Center parking lots or part of the 138 acres of the Travis County Expo Center. 2- Homes will be used to house inmates upon release from a term of incarceration, but whom are otherwise unable to obtain a residence. Pretrial officers, county staff and judges will have access to the homes through keyless entry or whatever the law is on that issues for parolees should equally apply. 3- Released individuals will be able to rehabilitate quicker, will not have a problem in reporting to Pretrial Officers being that where they live is known, less likely to engage in illegal activity living in a legal-sponsored home accessible by staff and will have housing. 4- Smallest home configuration will require three-parking spots (roughly 200 sq ft) and a larger option will require 20x20 feet (400 sq ft). 5- Create a pilot with 20-30 homes to be deployed in 2-3 locations across the county. Program details for deployment will be written by two current Travis County Judges, will include an interdisciplinary team, and Travis County Judiciary is going to be responsible for the program implementation and management 6- Immediate effects will be a reduction in jail population, equalization of punishment among the same crimes and quicker rehabilitation. www.KIROACTION.com COA VETERAN’S COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION The solution for reducing homelessness is not just “housing first”, but requires case management for a period of up to 36-months during the pilot program. We refer to this model as a “HOUSING + CONTINUED CARE” model. Case management and MOU’s have been established with a major wraparound Austin organization to be the main provider of services. Case management will offer ongoing support with veterans in the pilot program and address their initial cause of homelessness and to get back to leading a productive life. In addition to case management, different community, support and religious institutions with organizations dealing with homeless assistance will be partnered with. MOU’s have already occurred and goal is to get a variety of mental health, job placement, and substance abuse assistance to address various needs. The condense plan pilot includes: 1- Our pilot program is to house at least 100 unsheltered veterans, with two people per unit, within 45-days of finalization of choosing 3-5 locations across Austin and approval from city management. 2- There will be 50-units deployed across Austin with an even distribution of North, Central and South locations. Ideal distribution is 12-15 units per location. 3- By deploying smaller amounts of 12-15 units in various areas of Austin, assistance can be managed easier to the previously unsheltered, neighborhood concerns are limited due to smaller amounts of housing, and reduction of tents near underpasses are moved to physical homes in a defined location. 4- Housing and wraparound services for case management can be paid directly by Texas Veterans Commission (State Level) to City of Austin, Travis County and/or social services organization. COA VETERAN’S COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION www.KIROACTION.com Approve an ordinance to deploy the Kiro Action Veterans Transitional Housing Program (KAVTHP) COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION WHEREAS, the City of Austin Commission on Veterans Affairs was chartered in 2013 by City Council to advocate solutions to Austin Veterans homelessness, housing, employment, education/training, women issues, PTSD/mental health and counseling. WHEREAS, the Commission on Veteran Affairs, (Commission) is authorized by Austin City Code 2-1-126 to serve as an advisory body to council concerning the well-being of military veterans in the Austin area. WHEREAS, Veterans homelessness in Austin is complicated by the lack of affordable housing leases within Austin with close proximity to resource providers, employers and infrastructure. Vouchers and third-party lease payments often are not enough to lease acceptable housing within Austin, further, public transportation with access to Veterans service providers and work are a challenge and limit housing options for Veterans. WHEREAS, Veterans employment, education, training, women and family counseling, PTSD/mental health, healthcare, and VA benefits counseling are scattered throughout Austin and decentralized; making access to vital and necessary services difficult for some Veterans with disabilities, limited economic, mobility and transportation resources. WHEREAS, the Commission is specifically authorized to recommend programs designed to support the well-being of military veterans in Austin. Veteran homelessness has been a particular issue affecting veterans nationally, and Austin, as a whole. At the date of drafting the Commission recommendation in Austin, there are 123 unsheltered veterans on a high-priority list to receive housing due to medical conditions and physical disabilities, 103 on the normal list to receive housing and an average of thirty-eight (38) veterans that become homeless every month in Travis County. All the homeless veterans referenced are signed-up in assistance programs, but will continue to stay homeless upwards of 90-days until housing is found and is dependent on current market rental and affordable housing in Austin. WHEREAS, the Commission received a request from the Kiro Action Group, to create program called the “Kiro Action Veterans Transitional Housing Program”, (KAVTHP). The program will house one-hundred (100) veterans in need of transitional housing in a pilot program with the goal of expanding the program on successful deployment. KAVTHP asks for assistance and support in their request from the City of Austin. KAVTHP requests assistance from the City of Austin to dedicate under-utilized city-owned land to deploy Kiro Action homes in 3-10 locations spread across districts in the city and locations chosen in partnership with city officials, council members and COA staff. The City of Austin allows permission for Kiro Action homes to be deployed on additional lands part of religious organization or private land for use of the pilot to house unsheltered veterans under the direction of the City Manager’s Office and COA City Staff. The City of Austin expedites the permitting for the Kiro Action home structure and design, on agreed upon sizes or options, to be built offsite and deployed with engineer sign-off of each Kiro Action approved design. The City of Austin connects utility, wastewater and water connections on deployed city-owned sites at their expense, including labor and design, and at no cost to pilot program, Kiro Action or other entity. The City of Austin, if deployment happens on religious organization land or private land, will connect utility, wastewater and water connections, including labor and design, and at no cost to pilot program, Kiro Action, religious institute or other entity. The City of Austin will waive any fees for utility connections on units used in pilot KAVTHP program, identify city-owned lands in the city that can be used throughout the various districts, and expedite the permitting on Kiro Action units in-order to be deployed to help house the over 200 veterans awaiting housing and currently homeless. The first phase of the pilot is outlined to be 50-homes to house 100-veterans and expansion of the program will occur under the direction of the City Manager’s Office and COA City Staff on the success of the first phase of the pilot. www.KIROACTION.com COA VETERAN’S COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION Continued WHEREAS, the Commission finds that Austin, needs to be a national leader in addressing the myriad needs of Veterans and be at the forefront of addressing poverty, homelessness, social injustice and promote rehabilitation through a longer-term housing program until more permanent housing can be achieved. WHEREAS, the KAVTHP pilot will bring in local wraparound services, organizations and religious institutions to address the needs of Veterans including, but not limited to, counseling, mental health assistance, job placement and various other critical services. WHEREAS, Kiro Action Veterans Transitional Housing Program (KAVTHP) is in alignment with the aim to prevent veteran homelessness within Austin, by creating a transitional housing program that can be quickly deployed where needed and be continually used for veteran homelessness to reduce wait times until more permanent housing is established through assistance groups. This will aid Veterans and their families by creating a model built in Austin. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Austin Commission on Veterans Affairs recommends the Austin City Council to allocate funds in the amount of 1.3 million (1,300,000USD) per year for a period of five-years for the purchase of 50 (fifty) Kiro Action homes each year, sold “at cost” to the COA with city staff choosing the necessary options of the homes, including ADA options. Of the 1.3 million total budget, 300k is budgeted for the cost of wraparound services at roughly 3k per Veteran in addition, to State and Federal grants for the 100 Veterans going through the program each year. Additional funds can be used for utility, service and pilot program costs that arise. To this goal, the Commission recommends the following steps: 1. KAVTHP requests assistance from the City of Austin to dedicate under-utilized and unutilized city-owned land to deploy Kiro Action homes in 3-10 locations spread across districts in the city and locations chosen in partnership with city officials, council members and COA staff. Since Kiro Action homes can be put up and taken down in hours, the land can be reclaimed at any point by the city and homes can be moved to a new site. COA will continue owning the land with operations of the sites falling under the control of COA City Staff, wraparound service provider and KAVTHP program. 2. The City of Austin allows permission for Kiro Action homes to be deployed on additional lands part of religious organization or private land for use of the pilot to house unsheltered veterans under the direction of the City Manager’s Office and COA City Staff. 3. The smaller Kiro Action home is permitted under current rules in Austin. If there is need for additional permitting, the City of Austin expedites the permitting for the Kiro Action home structure and design, on agreed upon sizes or options, to be built offsite and deployed with engineer sign-off of each Kiro Action approved design. 4. The City of Austin connects utility, wastewater and water connections on deployed city-owned sites at their expense, including labor and design, and at no cost to pilot program, Kiro Action or other entity. The City of Austin, if deployment happens on religious organization land or private land, will connect utility, wastewater and water connections, including labor and design, and at no cost to pilot program, Kiro Action, religious institute or other entity. 5. The City of Austin will waive fees and costs for utility connections on units used in pilot KAVTHP program, identify city-owned lands in the city that can be used throughout the various districts, and expedite the permitting on Kiro Action units in-order to be deployed to help house the over 200 veterans awaiting housing and currently homeless. 6. The first phase of the pilot is outlined to be 50-homes each year for five-years to house 100-veterans and expansion of the program will be occur under the direction of the City Manager’s Office and COA City Staff on the success of the program. 7. This proactive and comprehensive program would keep Austin in the forefront of addressing our Veteran’s issues and provide a model and roadmap for other communities across the country to meet the needs of those whom have given so much of their lives on behalf of the American people. 8. The KAVTHP pilot can be used to address general unsheltered needs and create a model to address the needs of the homeless, irrespective if they’re Veterans or not. www.KIROACTION.com COA VETERAN’S COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION KAVTHP PROPOSAL FOR UNSHELTERED VETERANS COA will provide the following for deployment: 1- KAVTHP requests assistance from the City of Austin to dedicate under-utilized city-owned land to deploy Kiro Action homes in 3-5 locations spread across districts in the city and locations chosen in partnership with city officials, council members and COA staff. The City of Austin allows permission for KIRO ACTION homes to be deployed on additional lands part of religious organization or private land for use of the pilot to house unsheltered veterans. 2- There are two sizes for the KIRO ACTION homes to be deployed, including the 200 and 400 sq ft model. The smaller unit is already permitted with engineer sign-off and permitted to be deployed in Austin. If the City of Austin would like the 400 sq ft home, the request to expedite the permitting for the larger Kiro Action home. 3- The City of Austin connects utility, wastewater and water connections on deployed city-owned sites at their expense, including labor and design, and at no cost to pilot program, Kiro Action or other entity. The City of Austin, if deployment happens on religious organization land or private land, will connect utility, wastewater and water connections, including labor and design, and at no cost to pilot program, Kiro Action, religious institute or other entity. Church Deployment There are three churches that are interested in being part of the veteran homeless deployment and have land to dedicate to the process. Our goal is to expand the pilot to include city and religious institution land with the COA covering the costs of connected services and expediting permitting for church deployment. www.KIROACTION.com COA VETERAN’S COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION CURRENT STATE OF UNSHELTERED VETERANS Effective Zero City of Austin’s definition of “effective zero” with counting which veterans are considered homeless. POINT-IN-TIME count for 2019 had 37 homeless veterans, but that’s NOT a true number or state of the situation OR having zero homeless on the streets of Austin. COA counts NO homeless veterans if they’re able to enter a program for case management. That doesn’t mean they get housing and they’re just on a list for assistance. True state of numbers as of 4/28/2020 123 homeless veterans are on high priority list to get housing based on medical needs and physical disability Additional 103 homeless veterans are on the normal list to get housing Average of 38 unsheltered veterans become homeless every month in Travis County. We haven’t even talked about neighboring counties, such as Williamson. Tonight, that means at least 226 homeless veterans are sleeping on the streets of Austin. They are sleeping in vehicles in Wal-Mart parking lots, tents under bridges and on the streets. The case management organizations are doing their best, but are at the mercy of local availability of apartments, paying the normal market rate, and it takes upward of 90-days to get a homeless veteran that is on a list a home they can move into. Our goal in the KAVTHP program is shrink that 90-days wait time for permanent housing for unsheltered veterans to 0 days. Upon signing up for a program with the local wraparound service provider, housing is provided in a KIRO ACTION home right away. The homeless veteran will stay in a KIRO ACTION home until permanent housing is found. When they move out of the KIRO ACTION home, the next unsheltered veteran can be moved in and the cycle continues. www.KIROACTION.com COA VETERAN’S COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION BACKGROUND ON UNSHELTERED and KIRO ACTION The epidemic of homelessness affects cities of all sizes in every region in the United States. Unfortunately, most homelessness is the result of medical issues, depression, lack of mental health assistance, and unfortunate financial circumstances. Cities have been left holding the bag of services to assist homelessness and general poverty. Organizations, both national and local, attempt to put a dent in the homeless population, but are overwhelmed with waiting lists to serve people in need today. States don’t have the budget for a long-term solution. Our focus at KIRO ACTION is to create a solution that will put a dent in the general homeless and veteran homelessness population. This solution is an affordable, respectable short to long-term home solution that can be readily purchased and deployed by government entities at all levels. Depending on where you live, cities and states tend to own the most land, whether it’s an empty parking lot or an unused field. The concept of KIRO ACTION was born with the idea that government entities have unused land that we can utilize with a product to house the homeless. We believe permanent housing is always the best solution, but our KIRO ACTION homes are built with materials that are rated to last 30-years and more providing a critical bridge from homelessness to permanent housing, especially in the first years of homelessness. Government entities are hesitant to give away land they own forever to build permanent housing, but it’s much easier to put KIRO ACTION homes on unused land for an interim period. KIRO ACTION units are deployable, collapsible, flat-packed, and put together in hours by four-people with no heavy tools or specialized machinery. They are built to the code of commercial and home applications, and are an aesthetically modern and beautiful structure that can be moved with ease. Rather than having homeless congregate in tents near an underpass, sleep on downtown benches or make shelters in wooded areas, we have the solution for cities in a dignified and humane manner that gets the person that is encountering homelessness a place to call home. Families can stay together. Homeless veterans can get the help they need. A physical home creates safety and is the first obstacle in getting back on track to having a successful life. In addition to our homes, cities can offer the homeless programs from drug rehabilitation, job search assistance, and mental health facilities in the midst of KIRO ACTION developments. The cost is negligible for city and state governments, and in fact, often cheaper than not housing the homeless. Many court dockets are full of homeless citizens getting ticketed for camping overnight and trespassing charges clogging up the court and jail system. Charges for tickets can’t be paid by someone that is unemployed and homeless, thus creating a circle of being jailed nightly, ticketed or charged, and in the court system weekly. www.KIROACTION.com ADVANTAGES OF KIRO ACTION HOUSING OPTIONS All of our KIRO ACTION homes can be placed in empty parking lots or various fields cities and states own, and in addition, water and electrical connections can be made directly to utilities; even if there is no water or electricity connection, we have a solution to offer “off-grid” solutions feeding the homes water, electricity and waste water containment. KIRO ACTION homes can be put practically anywhere to serve people in need. Our options to address unsheltered, general, veteran homelessness and medical housing doesn’t cost hundreds-of-thousands of dollars per unit, but from 12k-$14000 for the first 100-units made for a 200 sq ft home that includes a kitchenette and bathroom, depending on options chosen. Pricing can get down to under 6-8k per unit over time. As discussed with Commissioner George Prescott Bush with the GLO and Governor Abbott’s team, all units within Texas sold to cities, social services organizations and for the pursuit of betterment of society will be sold “at cost” to promote solutions to societal issues. Travis County and COA will be able to choose the size, materials used and options on the homes. KIRO ACTION homes are made of structural steel panelized walls with metal conduit electrical, 30-year rated sheathing, mineral wool fire-proof insulation, commercial electric lines and rated materials that can last 30+ years. This means the unit can be broken down and moved without issue for serve the needs of the community for decades. KIRO ACTION homes can be utilized as a transitional, semi-permanent or permanent housing solution depending on where they’re placed and intended use. Aesthetically, our solutions already have a modern vibe with high ceilings, sloping roofs, modern touches and designer-inspired looks. Our base size, measuring 200 square feet has a functioning bathroom and kitchen using our patent-pending rollaway feature. If 200 sq ft is too small or large, our modular building design can be increased in 200 sq ft increments with ease, meaning you can have a customized unit that is 200 sq ft to 1000 sq ft (and above). The beauty of KIRO ACTION is that it can be used with or without a concrete foundation. If you do have have a concrete foundation, our units bolt into the foundation, just like a typical home or commercial building, making it a permanent structure. If you do not have a concrete foundation, our patent-pending, folding base structure allows you to quickly and easily put the units anywhere, such as in a parking lot or a field. If there is electricity and water on the property, utilities merely plug into the structure. If there is no water or electricity available, we have customized services solutions that will feed up to 15-units at a time, with water storage tanks, electricity through a generator, and a waste water disposal tank. Our services solution makes installation scalable up to hundreds of deployed units, even without ready access to city and electrical water lines. Manufacturing of the units is in North Austin is made of 90% US-made material that is less affected by logistical or supply chains. www.KIROACTION.com AUSTIN PROTOTYPE This prototype served as a combination of various ideas and practices put to use, even though you might not see what is going on behind the wall. We used various materials, tested out different types of building practices and used the prototype to test out the method of being put together in hours and moved around by four people. We repeated taking it down, putting it back-up again and repeated it again to improve design and functionality. In addition, there are various wall height sizes in the unit that are 3 ft, 4 ft, 5ft, 6 ft and 8ft to test out strength of attaching them together and to improve our logistical plan to easily move these units broken down in smaller height sizes to accommodate different shipping methods. The entire goal was to create an effective manufacturing line to produce the wall units at a low cost, high efficiency with the best materials used. Currently, there are two main designs and sizes for KIRO ACTION that include a 200 and 400 sq ft models. Not pictured is the 400 sq ft model, which is our new larger “carriage” home that is being developed with the State of Texas for crisis response and emergency relief. The most important part is that the units are deployable, collapsible, flat-packed, put together in hours by four-people with no heavy tools or specialized machinery, built to the code of commercial and home applications, and aesthetically, a modern beautiful structure, similar to a modern hotel room and manufactured in Austin. WHAT IS NEEDED FOR DEPLOYMENT FROM AUSTIN? www.KIROACTION.com City of Austin will provide the following for deployment: 1- Request from City of Austin (COA) to dedicate under-utilized and unutilized city-owned land to deploy Kiro Action homes in each district in need and spread across the city and locations chosen in partnership with city officials, council members and COA staff. The COA allows permission for KIRO ACTION homes to be deployed on additional lands part of religious organization or private land for use to house unsheltered including Catholic Charities and other churches recruited for the mission of serving the less fortunate. 2- There are two sizes for the KIRO ACTION homes to be deployed, including the 200 and 400 sq ft model. The smaller unit is already permitted with engineer sign-off and permitted to be deployed. If the City of Dallas would like the 400 sq ft home, the request to expedite the permitting for the larger Kiro Action home, which is the version being deployed as a crisis response housing with State of Texas General Land Office (GLO) under Commissioner Bush. All options for the homes, including ADA requirements, will be decided on by COD including sizes. 3- COA connects utility, wastewater and water connections on deployed city-owned sites at their expense, including labor and design, and at no cost to pilot program, Kiro Action or other entity. The City of Austin, if deployment happens on religious organization land or private land, will connect utility, wastewater and water connections, including labor and design, and at no cost to pilot program, Kiro Action, religious institute or other entity. Church Deployment There are churches and organizations that are interested in being part of the homeless deployment and have land to dedicate to the process. Our goal is to expand the pilot to include city and religious institution land with the COA covering the costs of connected services and expediting permitting for church deployment. www.KIROACTION.com WHAT IS NEEDED FOR DEPLOYMENT FROM AUSTIN? Pilot Objectives Kiro Action Envisions the Following with Rollout Phase 1: Identify 1-2 locations in each district for potential rollout working with city manager and council members on identification of 2-5 sites in their district. Deployment of Veteran Homelessness with grants paid by State of Texas, Texas Veteran’s Commission (TVC) paid on a monthly basis for housing (rental subsidy). TVC will pay for wraparound services through grants. Kiro Action will find the the wraparound services organization already working in Austin and providing services. Rollout of Veteran Homelessness is vital because of two main reasons: it’s paid for by the State and avoids public relations issues. Simultaneously, while rolling out veteran homelessness, COA will rollout general unsheltered housing. The “not in my backyard” issues will be minimized because the main rollout has to do with veteran homelessness. Within Kiro Action “villages”, there will be a mix of veteran and general unsheltered living in the same development. Phase 2: Rollout to 1-3 sites in each district in-need. There should be 15-30 homes in each location, but no more in each “village”. The ability to not have large encampments will be better from a neighborhood acceptance and policing standpoint. Phase 2 rollout can happen relatively quickly and within 30-60-days of Phase 1 rollout. This will be a larger rollout with numbers for deployment decided on by COA, needs and ability to fix most affected areas, such as downtown. www.KIROACTION.com The following is a large snapshot of city-owned land (gray shaded area) and doesn’t include AISD owned-land, such as shuttered schools, where the homes can be deployed on the parking lots and fields. Due to numerous sites that can have deployment, it would be best to work with the city manager’s office and council members on the best locations within their districts. CITY OWNED LAND, LARGE OVERVIEW NOT IN MY BACKYARD MENTALITY www.KIROACTION.com With every local decision on housing the unsheltered there is a political balancing act. Doing nothing to address homelessness enrages all political sides, general population and beliefs. More tents near underpasses, perceived less safety and affecting business operations, such as downtown areas, become a constant issue councilmembers, mayor office and city government hear about constantly. When a city or county government is ready to assist the homeless, such as a converted hotel strategy, the general population become opposed to it with the “not in my backyard” mentality. The following are the advantages and talking points of Kiro Action homes comparative to a permanent structure, such as a converted hotel, for the unsheltered: -Kiro Action homes can be setup in hours and moved to another site in less than a day. The ability to move them doesn’t make them fixed to a location for decades. The land deployed on is not destroyed and can be reclaimed by the city for a different use in the future. -Surrounding property values is the main concern for an area after a hotel conversion or shelter is opened. Being that the Kiro Action method is not to have fixed permanent buildings, we are not affecting property values. -Our community plan or “village” consists of 15-30 homes spread across numerous districts in the city. Depending on the parking lot or field deployed on, this could be as little as .5 acres to house 30-homes. We don’t anticipate making larger developments. -Our goal is to give dignified housing, setup an organization to do wraparound services and integrate the previously homeless into society. We are moving them from tents near underpasses and panhandling to re-integration to society in a positive manner with work and addressing their reason for homelessness. -Safety and policing is easier done with clusters of villages versus the unsheltered finding empty tracts of land, fields behind neighborhoods and other locations to live in. -The strategy to deploy veteran homelessness solutions at the same time with general homelessness can avoid many public backlash for providing housing. Depending on the city, veteran homelessness averages 10-15% of the total homeless population. www.KIROACTION.com COMPARISION OF UNSHELTERED SOLUTIONS Price Units Cost Per Unit Number of Occupants Per Room Maximum Occupancy Deficiency Rodeo Inn Purchase $8,000,000 80 $100,000 Kiro Action 12-14k Unlimited $14,000 1 1 to 3 80 N/A -2426 N/A Explanations: 2506 homeless population from a 2020 point-in-time survey. A national average assumption that only 40% are counted in PIT numbers, so the number could be upwards of 6200 unsheltered in Austin. About 10% are homeless according to PIT study with an additional 40 becoming homeless every month in Travis County. 226 homeless veterans were on the streets with the last count pre-covid closures and assumed there is an increase. There is only one occupant per room in converted hotel purchase. KIRO ACTION can sleep up to three adults and one child in each home with a full kitchen and bathroom. "Deficiencies" refers to 2506 homeless population minus maximum occupancy. There is no "Maximum Occupancy" or "Deficiency" for KIRO ACTION because they can deployed by the hundreds and not limited to a physical structure or location. It would take the purchase of 31 hotels to meet the current PIT number in Austin. That’s practically every hotel up-and-down I35. City strategy is to get 300 hotels rooms with hotels under 100 rooms accounting for 3-4 hotels. That is still a deficiency of over 2100 unsheltered and accounting for 12% of total PIT count. www.KIROACTION.com POINT-IN-TIME COUNT FOR AUSTIN www.KIROACTION.com MEDIA February 28, 2020 KXAN NBC (NEXSTAR STATIONS, National Distribution on Fox and NBC-owned stations) came out to Visit KIRO ACTION with COMMISSIONER GEORGE P. BUSH, agency head of the State of Texas General Land Office (GLO). Nightly news report was distributed all over Texas NBC stations and national on Fox and NBC-owned stations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUE7O3hkQGU#action=share January 23, 2020 CBS AUSTIN NEWS came out and visited KIRO ACTION to showcase how we are the only scalable, cost-efficient and easily deploy-able solution to address general homelessness in Austin and beyond. It’s an easy formula, where local government dedicate under-utilized/un- utilized city-owned land, in empty parking lots to fields, connect to city services and serve as a real home for people in-need today. Paired with the proper wraparound services, we hope that is the right formula for getting general and homeless vets off the street, in a real home and back to leading a productive life. It helps that our solutions are put together in hours with our patent-pending designs without any heavy equipment or specialized machinery, too. https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/local-man-is-offering-a-pop-up-solution-to-combat-austins-homeless-crisis KIRO ACTION HOUSING Sam Haytham SH@kiroaction.com www.KIROACTION.com