HomeMy WebLinkAboutLTC 024-2026 Weekly Homeless Efforts 2026 Update # 03 - January 12 - January 18 2026MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC #024-2026
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LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Eric Carpenter, City Manager � t1F
January 23, 2026
Weekly Homeless Efforts 2026 Update #03 -January 12-January 18, 2026
The purpose of this Letter to Commission (L TC) is to provide a weekly update on efforts by the Administration to curb homelessness in the City of Miami Beach. This L TC is provided pursuant to Resolution No. 2024-33043 approved by the Mayor and City Commission at the May 15, 2024 City Commission meeting. The Administration was directed to publish a weekly L TC sharing the various metrics and data regarding the homeless population including the number of shelter beds and residential placements provided by the City or its providers; the total number of shelter beds available to the City; the number of homeless persons arrested for violating the City's camping ordinance; and other metrics pertaining to the provision of services to homeless persons in the City.
The Office of Housing & Community Services Homeless Outreach Services Division, in collaboration with the Miami Beach Police Department's Homeless Resource Unit ("HRU"), and other City departments, have dedicated resources to addressing homelessness citywide including through a unified outreach initiative.
Together, these teams conduct weekly joint outreach missions to proactively address homeless encampments in areas of concern, while simultaneously offering services to homeless individuals encountered during these missions. This collaborative effort has augmented engagement strategies in the
community by promoting more accessibility to services provided within the homeless and mental
health/substance abuse Continuum of Care.
Miami Beach Police Department -Homeless Resource Unit (HRU) Update
The following are reported service numbers for the HRU covering the current period of -January 12-January
18, 2026:
MBPD Departmentwide Statistics
2024 2025 2026 12/22/25-12/29/25-01 /05/26-01 /12/26-
-(Jan -YTD) 12/28/25 01/04/26 01/11/26 01/18/26
Total Arrests 5,187 5,392 274 84 94 131 93
Homeless Arrests / % of homeless arrests to 2,179 / 42% 2,427 / 45% 114 / 42% 41 / 49% 38 / 40% 66 / 50% 34 / 37%
total arrests
Homeless Baker Acts / % of homeless Baker Acts to 907 / 50% 357 / 43% 17 / 41% 4/25% 6/ 38% 4/36% 8/40%
total Baker Acts
Homeless Marchman Acts /
% of homeless Marchman Acts 266 / 55% 119/44% 3/43% 2/29% 1 / 50% 1 / 33% 1 / 50% to total Marchman Acts
Police Placements 100 72 6 3 3 2 1
Arrests -Refusal of 261 795 31 9 6 18 10 Placements October 2025 November 2025 December 2025 Sec. 70-45 October 2023 to Present
(Camping Prohibited) 111 58 42 1,111