. >> good morning supervisors, lydia ely, project supervisor at the mayor's office of housing. i wanted to talk about the local subsidy program and its genesis and goals before we talk about kelly cullen community and the specificked of that project. the local operating subsidy program has been operated by our office since 2005. and it was created out of a need -- out of the recognition that we needed a local source for operating supportive housing. the ten-year plan to abolib chronic homelessness, which was drafted in 2004, set a goal of 3,000 units for formerly homeless people. however, we did not have a local source to keep those units -- to operate those units in the long-term. federal sources such as section 8, shelter plus care, were scarce and have become even more scarce since that time. so the local operating subsidy program supp