* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:15] YOU READY? MY NAME IS DR. TERESA TRAN. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UH, IT'S MY HONOR TO WELCOME YOU ALL HERE TO THE, UM, AKER HOME MULTI-SERVICE CENTER HERE IN HOUSTON. THIS IS A RESILIENCY HUB THAT HAS BEEN SERVING A DIVER DIVERSE COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS, AND WE'RE SO PROUD, UM, TO WELCOME SECRETARY TURNER WITH HUD, HIS TEAM MAYOR WHITMEYER, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, JACKSON, COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ, REP JOHNSON, THE CLERGY, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LEADERS, AND THE MEDIA HERE SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT A WONDERFUL, UM, COLLABORATION, INVESTMENT HUD HAS, UH, REALLY PUT INTO THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE LOVE AND CARE SO MUCH ABOUT. OVER 10,000 HOUSTONIANS VISIT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, UM, HERE AT AKER HOME EVERY MONTH. AND, UH, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING HEAT EVENTS AND HEAT HAS BEEN RISING. WE'VE HAD MORE HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES IN JUNE THAN WE HAVE, UH, THAN WE DID LAST JUNE. AND WE ARE SEEING THE HEAT RISE AND THE TEMPERATURES RISE. SO AN INVESTMENT LIKE THIS BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY SO GREATLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE STORMS AND NATURAL WEATHER EVENTS. SO WE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE, ARE JUST SO HUMBLED AND GRATEFUL FOR THIS INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME, UM, TO THE PODIUM MAYOR JOHN WHITMEYER, WHO, UH, REALLY MADE ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE BECAUSE, UH, THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD A HEAT EVENT OR A, A, A COOLING CENTER IN A WARMING CENTER EVENT, WE DID NOT HAVE THESE RESOURCES AT AKERS HOME. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR MAKING ALL OF THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. TRAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. IT'S SO REASSURING TO HAVE A MEDICAL DOCTOR, AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL DOCTOR AS OUR HEALTH DIRECTOR. IT IS TRULY MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN HOUSTON'S HEALTH AND WELFARE. AND WELCOME EVERYONE HERE. I, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAVE, UH, ALLOWED ME TO REPRESENT THIS COMMUNITY FOR DIANE. WHAT HALF A CENTURY DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY MY ROOTS HERE, AND THANK YOU. AND AS MAYOR, IT IS SUCH A JOY TO BE BACK AND TO SHARE GOOD NEWS. UH, IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR COUNCIL, OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES, UH, THE FAITH COMMUNITY, CERTAINLY MY DIRECTORS, THEY'RE HERE IN LARGE NUMBERS. THEY'RE HERE, UH, TO WELCOME AND THINK PUBLICLY, THE SECRETARY OF HUD. YOU KNOW, IT IS SO REWARDING TO US TO SEE SOMEONE THAT I KNOW AS A PUBLIC SERVANT ACTUALLY HAS HAD IT BALLOT SO HE KNOWS WHAT WE GO THROUGH AND WHY WE RUN FOR OFFICE AND WHY WE GO TO WORK TO IMPROVE PEOPLE'S LIVES. A LITTLE BACKGROUND, WHEN WE HAD TO REACH O THE FIRST FEW MONTHS AFTER I WAS SWORN IN, THE THEN FIRED CHIEF WAS REPORTING TO ME THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL STATIONS OUT OF OPERATION COMES FROM JACKSON. AND I SAID, WHAT'S GOING ON? HE SAID, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE POWER AT THOSE STATIONS. THIS IS A TRUE STORY, MR. SECRETARY. I DRILLED HIM, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE POWERS? WHAT ABOUT YOUR GENERATORS? NO GENERATORS AT HOUSTON'S FIRE AND POLICE STATION. SO THEN WE GOT TO EXPLORE, AND ANGELA BLANCHARD, WHO WAS PUT IN CHARGE OF THE CITY'S POWER PROTECTION PLAN, IDENTIFIED OVER A HUNDRED STRATEGIC LOCATIONS, OUR LIBRARIES, OUR HEALTH CLINICS, MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS, WHICH WE WERE USING AS COOLING CENTERS DURING DERECHO AND THE LOSS OF POWER DURING BARREL. WELL, I'M NOT A VERY PATIENT PERSON. I SAID, HOW IN THE WORLD HAS HOUSTON EXISTED AT ITS FIRST RESPONDING RESPONDERS LOCATION, EVEN THEIR HOUSING, BUT MAINLY THEY COULDN'T GET THE DOORS UP AT THE FIRE STATIONS. SO THAT BECAME A HUGE PRIORITY. WE REACHED OUT TO HUD SECRETARY TURNER, THE COLLABORATION WITH HIS STAFF, AND WE GOT $101 MILLION OF RECOVERY FUNDS FROM HUD. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. WE, WE, WE GOT IT. [00:05:01] WE GOT A TOTAL OF 314 MILLION IN FUNDING AND WORKING WITH COUNCIL. I WANTED SO MUCH FOR SO MANY, AND WE RESOLVED IT AND GOT 150 FOR HOME REPAIRS, WHICH WAS A PRIORITY. AND THEN ALSO THIS A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. SO VERY SOON, EVERY STRATEGIC LOCATION WILL HAVE BACKUP POWER. NO LONGER ARE WE NEGLECTING COMMUNITIES THAT NEED OUR SERVICE AND HAVE NEEDED IT FOR YEARS AND YEARS BEFORE MANY OF US WERE IN PUBLIC OFFICE. SO THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR HOUSTON, GREAT DAY FOR ACRES HOME. I WANT TO GIVE A WARM WELCOME THE SECRETARY, AND I'VE MET DURING HIS TERM, MY TERM ALREADY, CERTAINLY ASSISTING US WITH HOMELESSNESS AND JUST ALL THE PEOPLE ISSUES THAT WE ALL COMMIT OURSELF TO IMPROVING SECRETARY TURNER, YOU'RE A FINE PUBLIC SERVANT AND I'M HONORED. THANK YOU, SIR, TO WELCOME, APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, WHITMEYER IS SO GREAT TO BE WITH YOU, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN SERVING FOR 50 YEARS. UH, BUT AS I SIT HERE AND I THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT IS, UH, THAT'S QUITE AN HONOR, SIR, TO BE ABLE TO SPEND MOST OF YOUR ADULT LIFE SERVING OTHER PEOPLE. AND SO FOR THAT, WE THANK YOU AND I DID ENJOY OUR TIME IN THE TEXAS HOUSE. I DON'T THINK YOU GAVE ME TOO HARD OF A TIME. , IF I'D KNOWN HE'D YOU WAS GONNA BE THE SECRETARY OF HUD, I'D HAVE BEEN NICER. , YES. YOU KNOW, MATTER OF FACT, UH, HUD TEAM, UH, CAN WE GO BACK AND CHECK THE RECORD AND SEE , BUT WE, UH, I WANNA ALSO, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE TEAM FROM HUD THAT IS HERE IN HOUSTON WITH US, UH, WE HAVE THE GREATEST TEAM. UH, AND I'M HONORED TO BE A PART OF THAT. AND, AND SO IF Y'ALL COULD, UH, JUST RECOGNIZE OUR TEAM FROM HUD, THAT WOULD, UH, BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. YES, THANK YOU GUYS. YOU KNOW, I, I'M GLAD TO BE HOME. I'M ACTUALLY FROM DALLAS. UH, I LOVE HOUSTON. AND THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, WE MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. AND SO I'M GLAD TO BE BACK HERE SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT. WE'RE ACTUALLY BEING POWERED BY THE GENERATOR TODAY. IS THAT RIGHT? AND SO, DO Y'ALL FEEL GOOD IN HERE TODAY? YES. IT'S SO WONDERFUL, ISN'T IT , BECAUSE IT IS HOT OUTSIDE . BUT WE ARE, WE'RE GLAD TO BE BACK. AND I'M NEVER SURPRISED BY THE ENDURANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS. WE ARE SOME RESILIENT PEOPLE. WE'RE FAITHFUL PEOPLE, NUMBER ONE. AND WE'RE RESILIENT PEOPLE. AND I'M PROUD OF THAT, AND I'M PROUD OF YOU. BUT I'M NEVER SURPRISED TO SEE HOW THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS, UH, BOUNCE, BOUNCE BACK AFTER THE 2024 DERECHO AFTER IT HIT MORE THAN 1 MILLION. TEXAS DID NOT HAVE ELECTRICITY, 1 MILLION AFTER DERECHO. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. CAN I GET A WITNESS FROM ANYBODY THAT'S A MILLION PEOPLE THAT WERE REALLY HOT. AND THEN TWO MONTHS LATER, HURRICANE BURROW TORE THROUGH THE STATE, LEAVING OVER 2.7 MILLION TEXANS. NOT MUCH TIME IN BETWEEN ALMOST 4 MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER IN THE SCORCHING SUMMER OF TEXAS. UH, BUT THESE POWER ALLERGISTS DAMAGED HOUSTON'S INFRASTRUCTURE, SEVERE CONSEQUENCES FOR DAY TO DAY LIFE. ANYBODY WITNESS THAT THE CONSEQUENCES WERE SEVERE. BUT LOOK, BY GOD'S GRACE, WE'RE HERE TODAY AND WE GET TO MAKE THIS GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT. AND SO FOR THAT, I'M GRATEFUL. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS CHAIR THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME TO OCCUPY FOR SUCH A TIME TO HELP THE GREAT PEOPLE OF TEXAS, THE GREAT PEOPLE OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND OTHER PLACES AROUND OUR COUNTRY. AND I SAY THAT PUBLICLY BECAUSE I'M UNASHAMED THAT I REALLY AM HUMBLED AND I'M GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE, UH, AND OCCUPY THIS SEAT WITH SUCH A GREAT TEAM AND GOOD SUCH GREAT PEOPLE. THESE TWO CALAMITIES WERE SO GREAT. THE 4.5 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF DEBRIS COVERED THE STREETS. THINK ABOUT THAT. FIVE, 4.5 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF DEBRIS COVERED THE STREET, WHICH IS ENOUGH OF MATERIAL TO BUILD THE HOOVER DAM. THAT'S THE KIND OF DEVASTATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT Y'ALL EMBRACE THE PROCESS OF REBUILDING AND RECOVERY, AND WE ARE HUD HOUSING OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. AS I THINK YOU CAN SEE BY OUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY. LAST YEAR, WE ARE ANNOUNCED $314 MILLION IN C-D-B-G-D-R DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDS TO HOUSTON TO RECOVER FROM THE HURRICANE AND DERECHO. THOSE FUNDS WERE MEANT TO HELP HOUSTONIANS NOW IN THE MOMENT, AND ALSO TO PREPARE THE CITY TO WEATHER THE STORM THE NEXT TIME IT COMES OVER THE HORIZON. HOW MANY OF THOSE STORMS DO COME OVER THE HORIZON FROM TIME TO TIME? BUT WE WILL BE READY. YEAH, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE GET READY, BUT SOME PEOPLE STAY READY. WE GONNA HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN. Y'ALL KNOW I PLAYED IN THE NFL RIGHT? AND IT [00:10:01] STAND FOR NOT FOR LONG. SO YOU BETTER STAY READY. BUT ANYWAY, THE BEAUTY OF C-D-B-G-D-R IS THAT WE PARTNERED TOGETHER. AND MAYOR, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, ANDREW HUGHES, DREW MCCALL AND OTHERS ON MY TEAM, RONNIE, OUR DEPUTY SECRETARY, CHIEF OF STAFF AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES, ALL TOLD ME HOW WONDERFUL IT HAS BEEN TO WORK WITH YOUR TEAM. AND THAT'S VERY REFRESHING TO ME TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SUCH A PARTNERSHIP AND THAT'S WHY THESE THINGS CAN HAPPEN. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOURSELF, AND THANK YOU FOR Y'ALL BEING SO EXCELLENT. THOSE OF YOU ARE HERE TODAY. YOU IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR STRONGER ENERGY RESILIENCE, AND THE MAYOR ALREADY SAID, WE GAVE $101 MILLION OUT OF THE TOTAL AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT POWER GENERATION AND RESILIENCE PROGRAM. THIS GENERATOR, WHICH IS, IS THOSE THAT ARE GONNA BE OUTSIDE TODAY, WHICH WE'RE GONNA GO SEE AS A MARK OF THE SUCCESS OF OUR COOPERATION AND WORKING TOGETHER. THAT IS PROOF IN THE PUDDING. WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT IT, WE'RE EXECUTING. IS EVERYBODY WITH ME? YES, SOME PEOPLE TALK, SOME PEOPLE EXECUTE. AND WE'RE HELP, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH YOU TO EXECUTE ON THIS MISSION. UH, AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT JUST THIS PAST WEEK, HUD APPROVED A WAIVER INCREASING THE PUBLIC SERVICE CAP TO GIVE HOUSTON MORE FLEXIBILITY AND FULLY FUND THREE PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES AS OUTLINED IN YOUR C-D-B-G-D-R ACTION PLAN. THIS IS A BIG DEAL. THOSE PLANS ARE INCLUDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PUBLIC SAFETY, VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, DEBRIS REMOVAL, AND HOMELESS SERVICES. DE CAPITALISTS FROM 15% TO 21%, 32 CAN FULLY FUND THESE THREE AREAS ACCORDING TO YOUR ACTION PLAN. NATURAL DISASTERS ARE INEV INEVITABLE. THEY HAPPEN, BUT AGAIN, WE WILL BE PREPARED TO FACE THOSE STORMS AS THEY COME. WE WILL NOT BE UNPREPARED. HOUSTON'S POWER PROTECTION INITIATIVE WILL HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT TIME A STORM STRIKES HOUSTON WILL BE QUICK TO BOUNCE BACK AND GET POWER UP AND RUNNING AGAIN FOR THE BELOVED PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT CITY WHO DESPERATELY NEED IT, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BE WITH Y'ALL. THANK YOU. I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU AGAIN. GOD BLESS YOU. ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? OH YEAH. UM, ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE BRIAN MASON, THE DIRECTOR OF OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THANK YOU, DR. TRAN. UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN WE'LL GO OUTSIDE AND WE'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A QUICK TOUR OF THE GENERATOR OUT THERE SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE FIRSTHAND, UH, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SO, ONCE AGAIN, AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY MAIN DUTIES IS TO OVER PREPARE AND OVERSTRESS WHEN IT COMES TO EVENTS OR STORMS THAT MAY BE IMPACTING OUR AREA. SO TO REINFORCE WHAT MAYOR WHITMEYER ALWAYS SAYS, EVERYTHING'S ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION. UM, WE JUST WOULD LIKE, UH, FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT COMING UP WITH THIS POWER PROTECTION PLAN IN A VACUUM. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR HUD PARTNERS AND ALL OF THESE CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, ACROSS THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED A LOT OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FROM POLICE STATIONS TO FIRE STATIONS, TO PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES, UH, MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS, LIBRARIES. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS GOING INTO HOW WE ARE IDENTIFYING, UH, THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT THE GENERATORS IN. SO IT IS A PROCESS, WE'RE MOVING DOWN THE PATH AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO EXECUTE AND GET THE GENERATORS INSTALLED AS FAST AS WE CAN. SO WITH THAT, AND I'LL OPEN UP TO THE GROUP IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GROUP QUESTION? NO. ALRIGHT. OH, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. UH, MAYOR, DIRECTOR, UH, YOUR PREDECESSOR BLANC TALKED ABOUT ONE 40 PRIORITY ASSETS THAT NEEDED BACKUP POWER PLANS FOR A HUNDRED FACILITIES. I'M SEEING 15 LOCATIONS, 49 ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS. WE'RE STILL THE PROCESS. HAVE EMISSIONS CAN SCALE BACK? NO, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS. AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO INTO WHAT LOCATIONS ARE GONNA GET DONE. SO INITIALLY WE HAD A VERY LARGE LIST, AND AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND STARTED TO EVALUATE THEM, THERE ARE SOME CONDITIONS WE HAVE TO APPLY WITH FOR THE HUD OR THE FEDERAL GRANT MONEY. UH, SOME MIGHT, SOME PLACES HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF A LOAD, A MODERATE INDEX. UH, THERE'S, UH, UM, SOME ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT. SO WE HAD A BIG WISHLIST AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PRIORITIZE THEM, UH, BASED ON THE RESTRICTIONS WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, BUT ALSO WHAT COMMUNITIES AND WHAT AREAS NEED IT THE MOST. SO ABOUT 65 FINAL ORDERS. WELL, SO IT'S STILL, STILL IN THE PROCESS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A COUPLE DIFFERENT ROUNDS OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT. SO WE HAVE A FIRST ROUND OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT, A SECOND ROUND. WE MAY HAVE A THIRD ROUND. A LOT OF IT IS WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO IDENTIFY COSTS, WE MAY HAVE SAID IT'S X DOLLARS, BUT AS WE'VE GONE INTO MORE OF THE ANALYSIS, IT MAY BE TWO X, WHICH [00:15:01] WOULD ALLOW US TO DO FEWER SITES. SO IT'S A BIG PROCESS. WE'RE EVALUATING EVERYTHING TO GET IT DONE AS FAST AS WE CAN FOR PROXIMITY CLOSE. HOW MUCH IS GOING TOWARDS, UH, HOME REPAIRS? HOME REPAIRS? I BELIEVE IT WAS 150. 150 MILLION FOR HOME REPAIRS. OUT THE 300? YEAH, OUTTA THE 300, 150 OUT OF THE 300 SECRETARY. LAST TIME YOU WERE IN TOWN, YOU HAD, UH, WORDS OF PHRASE FOR THE MAYOR HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVE. SOME OF THIS TECHNICAL FUNDING WILL TOWARDS THAT. WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, PERMANENT AFFORD HOUSING, IT'S A BIG COMPONENT OF THE LOCAL KIND OF HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. UH, YOU PARK, IT WANTS TO CAP 30% SOMETHING YOU CAN SPEAK TO. WHY, AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU PLAN, UH, ADDRESS ANY DISRUPTIONS IN LOCAL BOXES? GREAT QUESTION. SO THE HOUSING FIRST MODEL IS A FAILED MODEL SINCE 2013 WHEN HOUSING FIRST CAME IN, UH, THE RESULTS HAVE NOT BEEN WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. AND I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THIS BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE'S A, UH, A MISCONCEPTION. THERE'S BEEN RECORD FUNDING FOR HOMELESSNESS, BUT YET HOMELESSNESS IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. WHEN YOU HAVE OVER 745,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS ON ONE SINGLE NIGHT, AND YOU HAVE NEARLY $4 BILLION IN FUNDING, YOU'RE RUNNING THE WRONG PLAY. AND MY JOB IS TO TAKE INVENTORY AND SAY WE CAN'T KEEP RUNNING THE SAME PLAYS. AND, AND LOSING HOUSING FIRST IS NOT THE MODEL, IT'S NOT THE SUCCESS MODEL. WE WANT TO PAIR. WE WANT TO PARADIGM SHIFT HERE. WE DON'T WANT TO JUST HOUSE PEOPLE, BUT WE WANT TO GET TO THE ROOT OF THE ISSUE. THE BIBLE SAYS, PUT THE AX TO THE, PUT THE AX TO THE ROOT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS? MENTAL ILLNESS, DRUG ADDICTION. AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE NOT ONLY HOUSE PEOPLE, BUT WE TREAT PEOPLE TO GET THEM HEALED AND TRANSFORMED. AND THEN BACK TO A LIFE OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY. WE'RE NOT INTERESTED ANY LONGER IN JUST FUNDING, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF UNITS OR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE INSIDE OF A, A, A WAREHOUSE OF HOMELESSNESS. WE'RE NOT FUNDING PROGRAMS. WE WANNA FUND RESULTS. THAT WAS THE OLD MODEL FOR SUCCESS. THE NEW MODEL FOR SUCCESS. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU GET OUT OF HOMELESSNESS TO A LIFE OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY. AND THERE IS A RUNWAY FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION, TO ANSWER THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION. AND SO WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS TEAM AT HUD, AS I SAID BEFORE, THAT CARES ABOUT OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS AND OUR HOMELESS FRIENDS. AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO JUST THROW MONEY AT IT. WE WANT RESULTS. AND RESULTS SAY, HEY, WE HAVE THIS MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HOMELESS, HAVE BEEN TREATED, HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED, AND NOW LIVING A LIFE OF SELF-SUFFICIENT. I THINK THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA SAY THAT'S GOOD STEWARDSHIP INSTEAD OF JUST HOUSING PEOPLE AND CREATING THIS HOMELESS, INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, UH, THAT'S NOT MORAL. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT RIGHT. UH, AND IT'S THE WRONG PLAN. THAT'S NOT GOOD STEWARDSHIP OF TAXPAYER MONEY. MY UNCLE WAS FOUND HOMELESS. HE WAS A, A VETERAN. HE WAS BEATEN, BARELY CLOTHED, INEBRIATED BECAUSE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND HAD A LIFE DEBILITATING DISEASE. AND WHEN WE FOUND HIM, WE PUT HIM IN A HOME FOR VETERANS WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES. WE DIDN'T JUST HOUSE HIM, WE PUT SERVICES AROUND HIM TO GET HIM CLEANED UP, HEALED, TRANSFORMED, AND THEN OUR FAMILY TOOK HIM IN WITH THE SAME SERVICES. SO HE LIVED THE LAST THREE YEARS OF HIS LIFE AND HE DIED IN DIGNITY. THAT'S WHAT I WANT FOR THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA. SO LET'S GO VISIT THIS SITE. YEP. GO. COUNCILMAN DAVIS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.