BFZReportCardJan21

Built For Zero Peterborough Report Card

In January in Peterborough City and County

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The BFZ Change Effort

The Report Card

Built for Zero Canada is an ambitious national change effort to end homelessness, one community at a time. Built for Zero Peterborough (BFZ-Ptbo) is a group of local organizations committed to ending chronic homelessness by December 31st, 2025.

This is the first of monthly updates from BFZ-Ptbo that will share information about the number of people experiencing homelessness in our community. We hope that sharing this information will promote transparency and accountability in our homelessness response.

January 2021

What changed in January 2021 in Peterborough City and County?

17

People lost touch.

14

People became chronically homeless.

11

People got back in touch.

5

People lost their housing.

15

People moved into housing.

241

people were experiencing homelessnes

at least

111

of those people had been homeless for six months or more in the last year (chronically homeless).

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By taking a close look at the data each month, we can start to:

• Focus on the facts (what we know), rather than the narrative (what we think)
• Adjust our services based on current events
• See what needs to be done to end homelessness
• Improve the lives of people experiencing homelessness

In January 2021, there were 2 fewer people experiencing chronic homelessness than in December 2020.

These people have not been heard from in 90 days or more, have left town, no longer meet the definition of chronic homelessness, or have died. People who no longer meet the definition of chronic homelessness are still captured in our overall number if they are still homeless.

Some have been in our system before and some we met for the first time.

These people had not been heard from in 90 days or more. Some returned to town, or met the definition of chronically homeless again.

They have been in our homelessness system before, secured housing, and then lost that housing.

These people moved into housing (rental units, living with family, long term care, etc.).

46.1 percent of people experiencing homelessness in Peterborough City and County in January, 2021 were chronically homeless.

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What is the Data Telling Us?

In February and November we made efforts to improve our data by conducting a review of all information we had. This resulted in changes and improved data that is more up-to-date.

In 2019, Peterborough welcomed the opening of three new affordable housing units dedicated to people experiencing homelessness from the By-Name Priority List. Volunteers and community members came together donating services and time to complete renovations on these units. Since then three families, including one that had been living outside, opened the doors for the first time to their new homes.

Data Insights

people lost touch with our system.

people became chronically homeless

17

14

Built For Zero Peterborough Report Card

January 2021

In 2020, there were 450 shifts from homelessness to housing (38% of these shifts were from chronic homelessness).

The total number of people experiencing homelessness is 22% less in December 2020 than it was in January 2020.

I slept so well for the first time in a long time. I love that I can lock the door and come home and all my stuff is still there.

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Notes about homelessness the last twelve months COVID-19 restrictions were put in place in our shelter system in March 2020 that decreased shelter capacity. Since then the City of Peterborough began renovations on a new temporary shelter in the downtown core to help provide access to safe emergency shelter. The City has also partnered with local agencies, motels and hotels to provide emergency isolation to those experiencing homelessness during Covid-19.

This suggests there is an opportunity to stay better connected with people experiencing homelessness in our community.

This is an opportunity to study why they were not able to resolve their homelessness sooner.

The last year of homelessness in Peterborough City and County

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