PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-11-05

The city council is being asked to approve a second extension of its contract with Healthcare for the Homeless-Houston, adding $250,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant funds to keep running Project Access, a bus program that transports homeless individuals to health, meal, shelter, and social service providers through November 30, 2026.

What it means for you

Homeless Houstonians would continue to have access to a free, wheelchair-accessible bus service running Monday through Friday that connects them to 21 agencies offering healthcare, meals, and shelter; residents who work at or use those agencies may also be affected.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Mayor Whitmire, Council Members Thomas, Ramirez and Plummer absent. Ordinance 2025-0915, official minutes of Nov 5, 2025.

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Official sources

Item cover sheet — summary and background ↗Meeting minutes — full record with the vote (PDF) ↗

The cover sheet is the item's official summary page; supporting attachments (contracts, maps, fiscal notes) are listed at the bottom of it. The minutes show what happened at the meeting.

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How to weigh in

Where: City Hall, 901 Bagby, 2nd Floor, Houston, TX 77002
When: Council meets Tuesdays 1:30 p.m. & Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. Public Session — when you can speak — is Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month).
Speak: Register by 3:00 p.m. the Monday before: call 832.393.1100, email speakers@houstontx.gov, or go in person to the City Secretary (City Hall Annex, 900 Bagby, Room P101). Each speaker gets 1–3 minutes.
Watch: Live on HTV ↗

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Quick answersfrom the official record

How much?$250,000coversheet ↗

Who's paid?HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS-HOUSTON; homeless personscoversheet ↗

Which fund?Community Development Block Grant Fundcoversheet ↗

Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Taken up at the November 5, 2025 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $4,563,845 paid to HEALTHCARE FOR HOMELESS-HOUSTON across 188 payment lines, FY2018–FY2026.

That is money already paid across all city business with this company — not the amount this item approves, and not a total for this contract. The city keeps 2 separate records for this company; the figure adds them together.

See the year-by-year breakdown →

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-35520 — data from official records via PlainDocket.