Part of Homelessness Response System Data

Housing Inventory

Housing provides exits from homelessness through subsidies and supportive services.

Sections

Inventory of Housing Resources

The dashboard below includes an inventory of HSH’s housing resources broken out by household type and housing program type.

We also track the number of units and beds dedicated to young adults ages 18 to 24, chronically homeless people, and veterans.

Data notes and sources

Data notes and sources

Data Source

Data in this dashboard is sourced from the Online Navigation and Entry (ONE) System, a HUD-compliant Homeless Management Information System (HMIS).

Reporting Frequency

The dashboard refreshes once a month.

Data Notes

The inventory counts are derived from program unit/bed level information that is established in the ONE System. The inventory includes programs that are dedicated to serving homeless individuals and that participate in Coordinated Entry, and may include a small number of programs that are not directly funded by HSH.

The dashboard reflects the inventory that is identified as active in the ONE System on the day the report is generated. Inventory in the ONE System is updated as programs open or change and is reconciled at minimum once annually.

HSH is required to identify beds dedicated to chronically homeless individuals, young adults ages 18 to 24, and veterans as defined by HUD’s Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Data Standards. Per HUD, a dedicated bed is a bed that “must be filled by a person in the subpopulation category (or a member of their household) unless there are no persons from the subpopulation who qualify for the project located within the geographic area.” Beds/units may be dedicated to more than one subpopulation (for example, a bed dedicated for chronically homeless veterans will appear in both the Total Chronic count and the Total Veteran count).

Certain projects may provide rental assistance without a fixed number of units or beds (e.g. scattered-site permanent supportive housing and rapid re-housing). In these cases, HSH follows HUD guidance from the HMIS Data Standards manual when determining how to record total bed and unit inventory.

For additional information about key terms and reporting metrics, see in-depth documentation for this dashboard. 

Housing Program Types

Permanent supportive housing (PSH):

PSH offers tenants long-term affordable housing with a range of supportive services, including case management and housing retention assistance. Tenants pay up to 30% of their income in rent. 

  • Site-based permanent supportive housing: Tenants live in units in a building that the City or a non-profit partner owns or master leases. Support services are located on site. Service levels vary by program. Some buildings include additional services like nursing, education and job training, youth and child programming, and food security support.
  • Scattered-site permanent supportive housing: Tenants use subsidies to live in private-market units and receive support from mobile service providers.

Rapid re-housing:

Rapid re-housing is a time-limited subsidy that gradually decreases as the tenant stabilizes and finds housing outside of the homelessness response system. Tenants live in private-market units and access supportive services, including case management and housing retention assistance.

Housing ladder:

The housing ladder program is for PSH residents who no longer require intensive case management support services. HSH refers these residents to a more independent housing setting. Their PSH units become available for unhoused people who need PSH with intensive case management services, while the housing ladder clients maximize their independence. Learn more about the housing ladder.

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