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INFOGRAPHIC: Two city departments run similar programs focused on getting people off the streets and into housing. Audits of San Francisco’s homelessness programs say that the demand for permanent supportive housing far outstrips supply. More than 7,000 people are homeless today; only a few hundred spaces in housing become available each year.

How San Francisco places homeless in to supportive housing. Illustrations by Patrick Sean Gibson.
Illustrations by Patrick Sean Gibson.

Read the lead story: Promise of Supportive Housing for Homeless Faces Reality of Short Supply.

Promise of Supportive Housing for Homeless Faces Reality of Short Supply

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Angela Hart is a freelance reporter for the San Francisco Public Press focusing on health care, politics, and policy. In July 2014 she became the county government reporter for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. She studied journalism at San Francisco State University at the U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Noah Arroyo is the San Francisco Public Press’ editor. He has previously worked at the San Francisco Chronicle and Mission Local, specializing in enterprise journalism.