BFZReportCardFeb21

Built For Zero Peterborough Report Card

In February 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.

Each month BFZ-Ptbo 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.

February 2021

What changed in February 2021?

14

People lost touch.

9

People became chronically homeless.

10

People got back in touch.

1

Person lost their housing.

10

People moved into housing.

247

people were experiencing homelessnes

at least

107

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

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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 February 2021, there were 4 fewer people experiencing chronic homelessness than in January 2021.

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. This is the lowest number seen since September 2020.

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. This is the lowest number observed since October 2020.

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

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

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What is the Data Telling Us?

In February and November 2020 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 2020, Peterborough Social Services received $3,810,341 in Social Services Relief Funding to support meal and food programs, shelter programs and new housing. 22, 509 meals were delivered or provided to people in various shelter locations from Mar. to Dec. 2020. In 2020, 187 isolation visits were made to people who did not have a home and were required to isolate.

Data Insights

people became chronically homeless in February 2021

person lost their housing in February 2021

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Built For Zero Peterborough Report Card

February 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.

In 2020, the City purchased property in Peterborough's South End for affordable housing development and appled for Rapid Housing Initiative funding to provide quick housing solutions.

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COVID Response

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 is an opportunity to ask “what are we doing that could be decreasing the length of time people are homeless?”

This is an opportunity to ask “how can we continue to support people in maintaining their housing?”

The last 12 Months of homelessness in Peterborough City and County

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