HomeMy WebLinkAboutLTC 103-2026 - Weekly Homeless Efforts 2026 Update #09 - February 23-March 01 2026MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
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LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Eric Carpenter, City Manager � �
March 11, 2026
Weekly Homeless Efforts 2026 Update #09 - February 23-March 01, 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 -February 23-March 01, 2026:
Total Arrests
Homeless Arrests /
% of homeless arrests to total arrests
Homeless Baker Acts / % of homeless Baker Acts to
total Baker Acts
Homeless Marchman Acts / % of homeless Marchman Acts
to total Marchman Acts
Police Placements
Arrests -Refusal of Placements
Sec. 70-45 (Camping Prohibited)
MBPD Departmentwide Statistics
/i) /-i
5,187
2,179 / 42%
907 / 50%
266 / 55%
100
261
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5,392
-
2,427 / 45%
357 / 43%
119 / 44%
72
795
2026
(Jan -YTD)
765
315/41%
46 / 35%
12 / 36%
17
85
December 2025 January 2026 February 2026
42 44 40
02/02/26-02/09/26-02/16/26-02/23/26-
02/08/26 02/15/26 02/22/26 03/01 /26
66 95 89 81
24 / 37% 38 / 40% 36 / 40% 32 / 40%
5/33% 5/38% 9 /39% 6/33%
0 / 0% 3/60% 0/0% 1 / 20%
2 2 2 1
7 17 11 6
October 2023 to Present
1,165
103-2026