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They get called “kids,” when really they are experiencing adulthood for the first time, trying to figure it all out without a safety net. 🏠
Last month, 85 youth in our community moved into housing. That’s 85 young people who now have a safe place to start building their lives.
But there are still 2,939 young adults who need this opportunity, and the answer starts with all of us.
Have an idea for how we can reduce youth homelessness? Drop it in the comments. Every idea helps. 💬
#YouthHomelessness #SolvingHomelessness #EndHomelessness #SanDiego – at San Diego, CA
🌟 You know the person, the one who keeps showing up, finds a way through barriers, and makes a difference that deserves to be recognized.
The 2026 RTFH Peer Awards are a chance to celebrate the individuals and teams behind the progress happening across our community every day.
Think about the individual or team whose work has made an impact this year. Recognize them with a nomination.
🏆 Nominate a peer by November 13 and help us recognize the people moving our community forward. For more info. check out the RTFHSD.ORG site’s front page!
🏠💬 Real change starts when people come together, listen, and take action.
Tickets are now available for the 2026 5th Annual Conference on Homelessness—a chance to learn from people with lived experience, hear new ideas, build stronger connections, and be part of the conversations shaping how our communities respond to homelessness.
You've watched the reel-now join us in person!
🎟️✨ Tickets are on sale now! Visit our site to register before they sell out, as it does each year.
PS: If you see me, come say hi! – at San Diego, CA
Preventing homelessness starts long before someone loses their home.
When children can remain safely with their families, we preserve the connections that help young people build stable futures. Supporting families earlier, and making foster care a last resort when children can safely remain at home, can help reduce youth homelessness.
Our focus must be on prevention: invest in stable housing and the support families need to stay safely together.
Housing is the solution, and keeping families housed is part of making homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring.
Did San Diego lose 1,000 homes during the January 2024 floods?
True: The floods damaged or destroyed over 1,000 housing units across San Diego County, pushing more families into housing instability.
Homelessness is a systems issue, when an extreme weather event removes homes from our community, it narrows an already constrained housing supply.
Housing is the solution to making homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring. Stay prepared and stay informed.
👉 Visit SanDiego.gov/storm-preparedn… for regional storm safety resources – at San Diego, CA
RTFH publishes monthly data reports that show how many people are entering the homelessness response system for the first time and how many people are moving into housing. It is one way our community can follow progress, understand the need, and see where continued investment matters most.
Older adults are an important part of this picture. In the 2026 Point-in-Time Count, adults age 55 and older represented 33% of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in our region, and more than half were experiencing homelessness for the first time.
Housing is the solution. By expanding permanent supportive housing, rapid resolution, and other evidence based strategies, we can help more San Diegans find stability and make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring.
Which picture was your favorite? – at San Diego, CA
Housing is the foundation of a community’s ability to respond. Not only to today’s homelessness crisis, but to whatever challenges may come next.
In this conversation, RTFH CEO Tamera Kohler and Levi share why San Diego must be prepared to move quickly when people lose housing. Our region already faces a shortage of homes, and housing availability can change rapidly as our population and other conditions shift.
It is like a game of musical chairs: when the music stops, there are simply fewer chairs than people. The answer is not to blame those left standing. The answer is to add more chairs.
A stronger housing system gives us the capacity to prevent homelessness, respond quickly when a crisis occurs, and create pathways back to stable homes.
Housing is the solution and having enough of it is how we prepare San Diego for anything that comes our way.
Regional Task Force on Homelessness retweeted
We're proud to celebrate the opening of HarborTAY, a new transitional housing community that will help nearly 100 young adults experiencing homelessness each year find stability, support, and a path toward independence.
Through a powerful public-private partnership with @USAangels, the David C. Copley Foundation, the @SanDiegoCounty, and the @RTFHSD, HarborTAY provides 54 beds along with wraparound services, career development, and the resources young people need to build lasting self-sufficiency. For many youth, a temporary crisis doesn't have to become a lifetime of homelessness. By investing early, we're creating immediate pathways off the streets while helping prevent chronic homelessness before it begins.
We're honored to help activate this critical resource and grateful to our partners for making HarborTAY possible.
Thank you @nbcsandiego for sharing this coverage!
Something as simple as access to dental care can restore comfort, confidence, and health. That's the difference organizations like Serving Seniors make every day.
But too many older adults remain homeless because rising costs, fixed incomes, and limited housing options leave them with nowhere to go.
Real change starts with housing. When seniors have stable housing and the right support, they can rebuild their lives with dignity. – at San Diego, CA
Regional data show a decline in homelessness, with the Point-In-Time count showing a 12% reduction in unsheltered homelessness, reinforcing the need to keep investing in a housing.
Three ways to continue moving people off the streets:
1) Continue investing in permanent supportive housing
2) Rapid resolution through diversion programs
3) Coordinated regional responses through community providers like Serving Seniors, Brilliant Corners, Urban Street Angels, Father Joe's and The Lucky Duck Foundation
Do you have a story about someone exiting homelessness through a San Diego program- DM US!
#sandiegonews #sandiegohousing #sandiegocommunity – at San Diego, CA
🚨 It's the last day to vote! Join San Diego's most respected leaders who all agree: Tamera Kohler is effective, collaborative, and never loses sight of the people behind the data. Her leadership reaches far beyond San Diego too — she's a national voice on solving homelessness.
Council President Joe LaCava. Betsy Brennan. Aimee Faucett. Akilah Templeton. Julie Dubick. Drew Moser. Meg Storer. Lisa Jones.
Watch why they're voting for Tamera for San Diego Magazine's Celebrating Women Pioneer Award — and why you should too.
Voting takes less than a minute:
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✅ Enter your email — one vote per person
🙏 Every vote counts
San Diego: help us get Tamera Kohler recognized.
Drew Moser, CEO of the Lucky Duck Foundation, explains in this video why she's voting for Tamera, CEO of the Regional Task Force on Homelessness, for San Diego Magazine's Celebrating Women Pioneer Award. Because she's not just a leader in this work. Tamera also is a mentor to the people around her.
Vote here: tinyurl.com/votefortamera
You'll need to log in with an email — one vote per person. Takes 30 seconds and it matters.
#CelebratingWomen #SanDiego #WomenInLeadership – at San Diego, CA
San Diego: help us get Tamera Kohler recognized.
Julie Dubick, Strategic Partnerships Advisor and Chief of Staff of the Conrad Prebys Foundation, explains in this video why she's voting for Tamera, CEO of the Regional Task Force on Homelessness, for San Diego Magazine's Celebrating Women Pioneer Award. Because she gets people who don't always agree moving in the same direction, and that's rare.
Vote here: tinyurl.com/votefortamera
You'll need to log in with an email — one vote per person. Takes 30 seconds and it matters.
#CelebratingWomen #SanDiego #WomenInLeadership
@prebysfound – at San Diego, CA
San Diego: help us get Tamera Kohler recognized.
Akilah Templeton, President & CEO of the Veterans Village of San Diego, explains in this video why she's voting for Tamera, CEO of the Regional Task Force on Homelessness, for San Diego Magazine's Celebrating Women Pioneer Award. Because under her leadership, unsheltered homelessness in San Diego has dropped two years in a row.
Vote here: tinyurl.com/votefortamera
You'll need to log in with an email — one vote per person. Takes 30 seconds and it matters.
#CelebratingWomen #SanDiego #WomenInLeadership
@VVSD_Veterans – at San Diego, CA
San Diego: help us get Tamera Kohler recognized.
Lisa Jones, President & CEO of the San Diego Housing Commission, explains in this video why she's voting for Tamera, CEO of the Regional Task Force on Homelessness, for San Diego Magazine's Celebrating Women Pioneer Award. Because Tamera leads with data, but never loses sight of the people behind it.
Vote here: tinyurl.com/votefortamera
You'll need to log in with an email — one vote per person. Takes 30 seconds and it matters.
#CelebratingWomen #SanDiego #WomenInLeadership
@theSDHC – at San Diego, CA
🚨 San Diego's most respected leaders all agree: Tamera Kohler is effective, collaborative, and never loses sight of the people behind the data. Her leadership reaches far beyond San Diego too, she's a national voice on solving homelessness.
Council President Joe LaCava. Betsy Brennan. Aimee Faucett. Akilah Templeton. Julie Dubick. Drew Moser. Meg Storer. Lisa Jones.
Watch why they're voting for Tamera for San Diego Magazine's Celebrating Women Pioneer Award — and why you should too.
Voting takes less than a minute:
🔗 tinyurl.com/votefortamera
✅ Enter your email — one vote per person
🙏 Every vote counts
#CelebratingWomen #SanDiego #WomenInLeadership – at San Diego, CA
😲Did you know homelessness includes those living in their vehicles?
Raenal escaped homelessness with help from Crisis House, and based on the recent 2025 Data Performance Report (available at RTFHSD.ORG), the average homeless senior in San Diego remains homeless for 234 days.
Listen to Raenal share some of his insight. His full documentary, along with other inspiring stories from individuals who have escaped homelessness in San Diego, will be available on our new site. Make sure you’re following, and turn the notifications on to be alerted when new videos emerge.
If you have an inspiring story of an individual who escaped homelessness, let us know in the comments!
#sandiego #sandiegohousing #sandiegoliving – at Lemon Grove, CA
San Diego, now is the moment to show up.
Councilmember Joe LaCava is voting for Tamera Kohler. join him in supporting a proven leader advancing real solutions to homelessness across our region. Cast your vote for Tamera in San Diego Magazine's Celebrating Women Award and help uplift the work building a stronger, more connected community.
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