System Performance Measure 2

Summary

COC – NC-507 had 322 persons return to homelessness after 2 years out of all clients who had exited to a permanent housing destination, this is a return to homelessness rate of 24%.

Areas of Concern:

• Emergency SheltersEmergency Shelters accounted for 693 persons or 51% of the total exits to permanent housing. 248 individuals or 36% of those who have exited to permanent housing from Emergency Shelter projects have returned to homelessness within 2 years.

  This comprises 77% of the total returns to homelessness.
  
  

• Returns in less than 6 months from exit54% of those who returned to homelessness did so in less than 6 months from a permanent housing destination. Most of the returns (86%) were from persons who exited from an Emergency Shelter.

  For comparison, 25% of persons who returned to homelessness did so in 6-12 months and 21% returned to homelessness in 13-24 months.

What is Working:

• Permanent Housing (PH) ProjectsPermanent Housing projects like Rapid Re-housing (RRH) and Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) have shown to have the greatest success of breaking the cycle of homelessness. Permanent Housing (PH) project account for 508 persons or 38% of the total exits to a permanent housing destination and have a 2-year return to homelessness rate of only 10% which is the lowest return to homelessness rate in the COC.

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