The comments from the people running these programs seem like they would have been appropriate about 6 years ago.

Pederson:

>"We are making progress on those fronts — establishing a data systems task force, for example, to identify our key performance metrics. "

We're several years into a measure bringing in $250M a year and we're working to "identify key performance metrics?

Theriault:

>“There’s a recognition that the housing numbers have to go up.”

You think?

>"He also notes that the Joint Office is in the middle of rolling out services at the new Behavioral Health Resource Center downtown, expanding a pilot to place people in existing housing, and other programs."

Great that there's something, but this project looks like it has 33 beds. If this is our flagship program we're touting for the year, we are in trouble.

>"Denis Theriault of the Joint of Office of Homeless Services acknowledges it spent far less Metro money than planned, in part because of contractor understaffing. Amazon and other corporations provide competitive wages for work that can be less challenging than working with homeless or marginally housed Portlanders, Miller says, and housing costs for employees have continually risen faster than wages."

Maybe we should spend some of that money we're not to offer competitive wages?