Overview

• Starting Oct. 1, families will receive an initial 90-day shelter stay, a provider-approved 90-day extension and further HSH-approved 90-day extensions with appeal rights if denied.
• HSH will begin a two-month human-centered design process to overhaul all client-facing communications and training materials on length-of-stay rules.
• Supervisor Jackie Fielder has paused her yearlong proposal for a one-year stay limit after securing assurances that the revised policy grants families more time.
• Mayor Daniel Lurie said the changes balance compassion for families with the need to maintain flow in the shelter system and free up space for those waiting.
• As of March, about 318 families and 535 adults were on San Francisco’s shelter waiting lists, highlighting the urgency of expanded stay allowances.