Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool
The Alameda County Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool (Flex Pool) is a program that identifies housing across the County to be used as scattered-site permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness.
The Flex Pool is a nationally-recognized model for scaling supportive housing that helps thousands of people exit homelessness and institutionalization each year. In Alameda County, the Flex Pool combines, streamlines, and maximizes government and private investments, leverages existing housing stock, and may help spur the development and construction of new supportive housing units.
By design, the model supports a variety of service programs and populations through a diverse pool of funder and provider partnerships. The Flex Pool is rooted in principles of Housing First and harm reduction. Over the past eight years, over 10,000 households, most with long histories of homelessness, successfully accessed and sustained housing through Flex Pool models across California.
H&H is overseeing the development and implementation of this model for Alameda County and has contracted with Abode to work with landlords to find units and help participants match with the right units.
Utilizing a combination of local, state, and federal money, the Flex Pool will be able to serve a diverse set of people experiencing homelessness. We have set ambitious goals, aiming to house 600 people experiencing homelessness in our first five years.
This page includes documents describing the county’s Flex Pool, outlining its policies and procedures, and linking to other important housing and homelessness resources. Visit this page in the future for relevant progress reports and program data.
If you are a property owner with available housing units or rooms to rent and want to help permanently house residents experiencing or at risk of homelessness, please visit our Property Owner Engagement Program webpage.
