President Donald Trump's executive order on homelessness follows Tennessee's moves to criminalize the unhoused.

Deshaun, CE Oversight committee chair, raised a complaint that in August 16 of 17 vouchers went to OHS; the committee asked OHS for an explanation of the referral process and documentation standards; OHS responded that MDHA granted an exception during COVID and provided outreach and assessment counts.

A guest described a Memphis-based hospitality hub model to centralize intake and navigation; the presenter said Memphis served 820 families last year while federal coordinated entry had capacity for 80, prompting council members to consider whether local pilots or committee exploration would be appropriate.

The commission approved the Performance Evaluation Committee's recommendation to rank OASIS first and Nashville Launchpad second for HUD's youth homelessness demonstration funds and to submit the PEC's overall NOFO rankings to HUD ahead of an August 11 notification deadline.

Officer Cantrell told the committee about encampment hazards, copper-theft fires, and an uptick in deaths among people experiencing homelessness; he urged a mechanism for immediate transport to treatment when someone says they are ready.

The commission approved a final Continuum of Care report recommending funding, HMIS data aggregation, and reestablishment of an interagency council; members amended the report to include a minimum list of participating state agencies.

A TACIR draft recommends state appropriations to support homelessness prevention, paying HMIS end‑user licenses to improve data coverage, funding UT‑SWORPS to aggregate CoC data and dashboards, re‑establishing a state interagency homelessness council, and measures to streamline coordinated entry.

The HMIS oversight committee reported that Metro Finance released invoices containing 259 client names and related personally identifying information from landlord engagement funds; the council adopted a motion to ask named recipients to destroy the materials and requested a written plan to notify affected clients and tighten records procedures.

Council was briefed that a recently issued HUD NOFO contained contested terms and that plaintiffs secured a preliminary injunction; local competition planning was paused pending written court orders and further guidance, and a new NOFO was released late Friday that HUD says it will not implement while litigation proceeds.

Director Calvin told the Homelessness Planning Council the metro rapid response funding pilot aimed to increase local capacity and provide short-term subsidies; members and public commenters pressed for transparency, coordinated-entry safeguards and a formal after-action review.

United Way, Murfreesboro Police, Murfreesboro City Schools and other local providers presented data on eviction, housing instability and shelter use and described coordinated responses including outreach, co-responder teams and changes at Journey Home.

Nearly 300 attend symposium featuring national experts and mayor's town hall on homelessness.

New bill requires policy for removing homeless camps from dangerous highway areas while lacking funding.

House bill 979 allows smaller communities to hire key medical specialists for the first time.

New bill requires Department of Transportation to assist homeless individuals in dangerous areas.

Agencies set protocols for property retrieval and removal operations to aid the homeless.

Lehi establishes My Father's House to provide homeless shelter during winter months.