FOUR WALLS TEXAS — PROPOSED PILOT OVERVIEW
Planning document | October 15, 2026

PURPOSE
Prevent housing loss, help people access permanent housing, and connect households to ongoing support through existing regional providers.

FIRST-YEAR PILOT
Three partner regions: one large metropolitan area, one midsize community, and one rural multicounty area. Regional selections, agreements, and funding remain to be confirmed.

ILLUSTRATIVE BUDGET: $3,000,000
Prevention assistance: $600,000 (200 households averaging $3,000)
Rehousing assistance: $1,200,000 (100 households averaging $12,000 in direct assistance)
Navigation and staffing: $650,000
Landlord support and damage reserve: $150,000
Data, evaluation, and financial oversight: $100,000
Contingency and housing stabilization reserve: $300,000

Assumptions require local validation. No funds raised or outcomes achieved are implied. Household counts must be deduplicated. Capital development and unfunded long-term obligations are excluded.

PROPOSED 2029 GOALS
25% reduction in total homelessness; 35% reduction in unsheltered homelessness; 20% fewer first-time entries recorded by participating systems; 30% reduction in median time from enrollment to permanent housing; at least 85% housing retention at 12 months. Baselines and feasibility must be validated with regional partners.

LAUNCH SEQUENCE
Days 1–30: Confirm organizational structure or fiscal sponsor, leadership, prospective regions, and existing resources.
Days 31–60: Sign partner agreements, establish assistance controls and privacy standards, recruit landlords.
Days 61–90: Validate costs and baselines, secure funding, establish reporting, and begin referrals when ready.
Months 4–12: Deliver assistance and review housing outcomes.
Years 2–3: Expand only with demonstrated capacity and recurring funding.

ACCOUNTABILITY
Report verified move-ins, retention, returns to homelessness, time to housing, costs, data completeness, and regional coverage. Publish goals separately from achieved outcomes. Do not count outreach or shelter contacts as permanent housing placements.

RESOURCE LINKS (reviewed October 15, 2026)
Help for Texans: https://www.tdhca.texas.gov/help-for-texans
2-1-1 Texas: https://www.211texas.org/
Texas regional systems: https://www.tdhca.texas.gov/texas-interagency-council-homeless-tich
HUD 2025 report: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ahar/2025-ahar-part-1-pit-estimates-of-homelessness-in-the-us.html

The initiative is in development. Direct assistance, housing listings, and payments are not accepted through this website. No tax-deductibility claim is made.