In 2022, homelessness grew by 50% in Knoxville and Knox County. Community leaders recognized a growing crisis, and City of Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon and Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs committed to a collaborative approach to address homelessness. As a result, the Knoxville-Knox County Office of Housing Stability (OHS) was established in 2023 as the coordinating body for homeless services and homelessness prevention in the City of Knoxville and Knox County. OHS is an instrumentality of local government, not a non-profit, and works with local service providers and many other partners to make homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring.
Vision: we envision a Knox community where homelessness is rare, brief and non-recurring.
Mission: we align diverse partners and resources to house people quickly and effectively, and use evidence-based approaches and the insight of lived experience to ensure an integrated system that functions with respect, compassion and accountability.
Meetings of the Board of Directors of the Office of Housing Stability are open to the public. Please contact office@knoxtnhousing.org for a meeting schedule.
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