The Urban Institute has recently published a report detailing the execution of a $100 million initiative aimed at reducing homelessness in San Francisco by 50% over five years. The report, titled "Evaluation of Tipping Point Community’s Chronic Homelessness Initiative," also explores the obstacles encountered and the successes achieved during this period.

According to an Urban Institute press release, the Tipping Point Community launched this ambitious project, which stands as the largest private investment aimed at ending homelessness in San Francisco's history, in May 2017 and concluded it in June 2022. The initiative, known as Tipping Point’s Chronic Homelessness Initiative (CHI), concentrated on three key strategies: creating housing for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, preventing chronic homelessness by providing housing before individuals become chronically homeless, improving systems that serve those vulnerable to homelessness, and changing systems by increasing capacity and improving policies.

The Urban Institute's press release outlines how CHI invested $100 million into developing 30 programs and activities. However, it allocated the largest portion of these funds towards creating housing for those who are chronically homeless. From 2017 to 2022, through collaboration with city and nonprofit partners across San Francisco, they successfully placed 7,767 individuals into housing.

Despite its successes, the initiative faced several challenges during its implementation phase according to the press release. These included leadership changes within Tipping Point and the City of San Francisco itself, complications arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, and a lack of affordable housing within the city.

In addition to this comprehensive 101-page report on CHI's implementation and outcomes available online on their website, the Urban Institute also provides access to a collection of research reports related to CHI.