Austin Opens $6.7M Supportive Housing Funding
- Austin Homeless Strategies and Operations and Travis County Health and Human Services opened a new request for proposals on April 20 to expand supportive services for people already living in permanent supportive housing. - The solicitation offers $6.7 million over five years, with contracts for up to three providers, initial 12-month terms starting in September 2026, and proposals due by June 2. - The funding runs through the AT-Home Initiative, a regional homelessness effort that officials say keeps 98% of permanent supportive housing residents from returning to homelessness. (austintexas.gov)
Austin and Travis County opened a new funding round on April 20 to expand supportive housing services for people already living in permanent supportive housing. (austintexas.gov) The request for proposals was released by Austin Homeless Strategies and Operations with Travis County Health and Human Services. It seeks social service providers that can deliver case management and housing-stability services to people experiencing homelessness. (austintexas.gov) (kvue.com) The money totals $6.7 million over five years. Austin and Travis County said they expect to award contracts to as many as three providers for initial 12-month terms beginning in September 2026. (austintexas.gov) (kvue.com) Applicants must be site-based and already have housing vouchers. Proposals are due June 2, 2026, through the city’s Austin Finance Online procurement system. (austintexas.gov) (financeonline.austintexas.gov) Permanent supportive housing pairs a long-term rental subsidy with services such as case management, health care connections and employment help. Austin officials said 98% of people housed through that model do not return to homelessness. (austintexas.gov) (kvue.com) The solicitation sits inside the AT-Home Initiative, a five-year regional effort that Travis County says aims to house 200 to 250 of the area’s most vulnerable residents. The county describes it as a partnership among local governments, health care groups, philanthropies and nonprofits. (traviscountytx.gov) Austin has been trying to add more permanent supportive housing capacity for several years. A February 2025 city presentation projected 480 site-based units already operating, 338 anticipated in 2025, and 527 more in 2026 and later, for a total of 1,345. (services.austintexas.gov) Travis County has also been putting larger sums behind the strategy. Pilar Sanchez, the county’s executive for Health and Human Services, said the new solicitation comes on top of $118 million in previous county investments in permanent housing. (austintexas.gov) The city’s amended fiscal 2025-26 budget, approved in November 2025, also added funding for non-congregate shelters and permanent supportive housing, including units inside city-funded projects and the Esperanza Community model. (austintexas.gov) The next marker is June 2, when proposals are due. If Austin and Travis County stay on schedule, selected providers would begin services in September. (austintexas.gov)
