BFZReportCardJul21

Built For Zero Peterborough Report Card

In July, 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.

July 2021

What changed in July 2021?

20

People lost touch.

9

People became chronically homeless.

13

People got back in touch.

2

People lost their housing.

5

People moved into housing.

311

people were experiencing homelessness.

at least

124

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 July, there was one less person experiencing chronic homelessness than in June 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.

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.).

39.87 percent of people experiencing homelessness in Peterborough City and County in July 2021 were chronically homeless.

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What is the Data Telling Us?

In the second quarter of 2021 we encountered 163 unique individuals experiencing chronic homelessness. This is 7% more individuals than in the first quarter of 2021.

In 2020, 40 households moved into new affordable housing units. Six of these households were people experiencing homelessness from the By-Name Priority List. Ten new housing units for individuals and families experiencing homelessness were developed in collaboration with community partners. 187 isolation stays occurred to support homeless individuals. Overall, 450 shifts from homelessness to housing happened in 2020.

Data Insights

people moved into housing in July 2021.

5

20

people lost touchin July 2021.

Built For Zero Peterborough Report Card

July 2021

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

As of July 31 2021, there have been 161 shifts from homelessness to housing (36% of these shifts were from chronic homelessness).

In July, there was one less person experiencing chronic homelessness than in June.

Notes about homelessness in 2021 2021 will continue to be a challenging year for the homelessness system, especially with a difficult housing market and the ripple effects of COVID-19. However, we are committed to ending chronic homelessness, whatever it takes.

Finding affordable housing for people experiencing homelessness continues to be a challenge, with the average rent for a 1-Bedroom apartment being $942 a month.

As COVID-19 restrictions on service delivery are lifted, we must make sure we continue to work on staying in touch with the people who are experiencing homelessness in our community.

The last 12 months of homelessness in Peterborough City and County

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