Hub North and Hospitality Hub homelessness update

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What: Update on the Hub North cottage project and on the Hospitality Hub's programs and barriers to housing homeless Memphians.
Where it stands: Presented 2026-11-10; no vote. The committee asked the presenters to return with a phase one timeline and a fuller answer on rising homelessness and its barriers.

The Hub North team said it had planned to add low-income housing tax credit financing (about $11 million) to grow the project from about 20 to 60 cottages, but the program's timing rules delayed groundbreaking by over a year; its board decided not to use the credits and to build the original first phase with the funds the city and others already provided.
The team said it still wants 60 cottages and will pursue private pledges and grants rather than ask the city for more. Members asked for a phase one schedule, when people will move in, and how the earlier city money fits the financing.
On the Hospitality Hub, speakers said local shelters now require a state ID and no longer accept the homeless management system ID, and that ordering out-of-state birth certificates can take weeks to months; they also raised a restored Social Security card requirement for state IDs.
Members suggested adding the ID barriers to the council's state legislative agenda and asked the presenters to return at the next meeting with exactly what is needed at the local, state and federal level.

2026-11-10 - 2026-11-10 - City Council Committees - Presented 2026-11-10; no vote. The committee asked the presenters to return with a phase one timeline and a fuller answer on rising homelessness and its barriers.