The Call

Permanent Supportive Housing by Your Council District

You can make a difference by encouraging your councilperson to follow through on the City of Dallas commitment to provide 700 units of permanent supportive housing. There are 852 homeless persons who need Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH). Currently, there are 18 locations in our city that are called Project-Based PSH housing units that are purposely developed for this initiative. There are 167 other locations that have some type of PSH which are called Scattered-Sites.

Share with your councilperson that you support the Permanent Supportive Housing initiative because:

• Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) linked with supportive services enable tenants to live independently and have quality of life in community.

• It is cost effective and successful alternative to tax dollars being spent on more expensive and less effective emergency services or institutional settings.

• It can be a Project-based Rental Assistance Program (PBRA) that goes with the project or Tenant-based Rental Assistance (TBRA) that goes with the client.

• It is dedicated to serving single chronically homeless persons with disabling conditions.

• Studies show that the average homeless mentally ill person uses an average of $40,449 of public services each year, compared to $12,145 with a similar PSH opportunity, and the reduction in these costs pays for 95% of the building, operating and providing PSH services.

Dallas City Council District 1 Councilperson Dellia D. Jasso, Dist 1
Contact person: Elsa Cantu, Assistant or Mariza Perez, Secretary

Phone number: 214-670-4055

Councilperson Jasso has 2 Project-Based sites in her district with 89 chronically homeless persons living at these locations.

Dallas City Council District 2 Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Pauline Medrano
Contact person: Rosa Gallego, Assistant or Patty Ramirez, Secretary

Phone number: 214-670-4171

Councilperson Medrano has 3 Project-Based and 22 Scattered-Sites sites in her district with 109 chronically homeless persons living at these locations.

Dallas City Council District 3 Councilperson David Neumann
Contact person: Mindy Owen, Assistant or Melinda Medina, Secretary

Phone number: 214-671-8917

Councilperson Neumann has 2 Scattered Sites in his district with 8 chronically homeless persons.

Dallas City Council District 4 Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway
Contact person: Stephanie Pegues, Assistant or Esmeralda Martinez, Secretary

Phone number: 214-670-7056

Councilperson Caraway has 4 Project-Based and 7 Scattered-Sties in his district with 45 chronically homeless persons.

Dallas City Council District 5 Councilperson Vonciel Jones Hill
Contact person: Glenda Aguirre, Assistant or Judy Kinney, Secretary

Phone: 214-670-0772

Councilperson Hill has 8 Scattered-Based Sites with 14 chronically homeless persons.

Dallas City Council District 6 Councilperson Steve Salazar
Contact person: Delma Frausto, Assistant, or Maricela Garza, Secretary

Phone: 214-670-6931
Councilperson Salazar has 1 Scattered-Site with 1 chronic homeless person.

Dallas City Council District 7 Councilperson Carolyn R. Davis
Contact person: Yolanda Davis, Assistant or Cynthia Northcutt, Secretary

Phone: 214/671-8919

Councilperson Davis has 6 Project-based and 16 Scattered-based sites with 54 Chronic Homeless.

Dallas City Council District 8 Councilperson Tennell Atkins
Contact person: Sheneice Hughes, Assistant or Teresa Miller, Secretary

Phone: 214/670-0779

Councilperson Atkins has 1 Project-Based and 6 Scattered Sites with 1 under development with 145 Chronic Homeless persons in his district.

Dallas City Council District 9 Councilperson Sheffie Kadane
Contact person: Caroline Nosworthy, Assistant or Joyce Jones, Secretary

Phone: 214/671-8916

Councilperson Kadane has 15 Scattered-Sites for a total of 98 Chronic Homeless person.

Dallas City Council District 10 Councilperson Jerry R. Allen
Contact person: Patricia Alexander Love, Assistant or Jeannie Eneh, Secretary

Phone: 214/670-5958

Councilperson Allen has 20 Scattered Sites with 132 chronic homeless persons.

Dallas City Council District 11 Councilperson Linda Koop
Contact person: Debbie Brown, Assistant or Sophia Figueroa, Secretary

Phone: 214/671-8920

Councilperson Koop has 11 Scattered-Sites with 63 chronic homeless persons.

Dallas City Council District 12 Councilperson Ron Natinsky
Contact person: Karen Pruett, Secretary

Phone: 214/671-8921

Councilperson Natinsky has 2 Scattered-Sites with 3 chronic homeless persons.

Dallas City Council District 13 Councilperson Ann Margolin
Contact person: Brenda Thompson, Assistant or Maricela Cuellar, Secretary

Phone: 214/670-7057

Councilperson Margolin has 1 Project-Based Site and 2 Scattered Sites with 4 chronic homeless.

Dallas City Council District 14 Councilperson Angela Hunt
Contact person: Debbie Tarpley, Assistant or Connie Sanchez, Secretary

Phone: 214/670-5659

Councilperson Hunt has 1 site under development and 18 scattered sites with 87 chronic homeless.

Greater Dallas Area – Other Cities
There are 12 Scattered Sites with 25 chronic homeless.

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