Diversion Collective

With funding from the City of San Diego, the County of San Diego and philanthropic partners, the San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) collaborates with service providers to offer diversion resources to help unhoused individuals and families overcome barriers to housing and return to stable rental homes. This collaborative effort is known as the Diversion Collective.

What is diversion?

Diversion is an approach that provides light-touch case management and short-term financial resources to eligible households who are experiencing homelessness and accessing the homeless crisis response system. Staff work with the household to identify safe and immediate alternative housing options and to submit relevant referrals to services and financial resources to assist the household in stabilizing in permanent housing. Diversion services may include:

• Advocacy with a landlord
• Housing location assistance
• Rental assistance (including rental arrears)
• Financial assistance (including application fees, utility arrears/deposits, moving costs, and security deposits)
• Referrals to external resources and supports

SDHC has operated a homelessness diversion program since 2017, assisting more than 900 households.

Funders

Thank you to these funders for their generous support:

• Brutten Family Foundation
• City of San Diego
• County of San Diego
• Cushman Foundation
• Jewish Community Foundation (JCF)
  • Anonymous donor-advised fund
  • JCF VP of Philanthropy Fund
  • Joseph and Beverly Glickman Fund
  • Neil Senturia and Barbara Bry Fund
• San Diego Foundation