Policy Target
Availability, accessibility, and affordability of housing options
EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY
Initiatives provide dignified long-term, transition, emergency, and supportive housing for people who face barriers to housing security (e.g., people who experience addiction or mental health challenges, people who experience intimate and family violence).
SAMPLE INDICATORS
- Number/percentage of people who experience or are at risk for homelessness reporting appropriate, supportive, and safe housing options
- Waiting lists for shelter and housing services
- Trends in demand for shelter spaces over time
- Availability of varied housing services
- People’s perception of housing services meeting their unique needs
- Number/percentage of people placed in long-term housing
EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY
Initiatives help people find affordable, safe, secure, and accessible housing units that meet people’s needs.
SAMPLE INDICATORS
- Availability of affordable housing options
- Rates of self-reported satisfaction with home affordability (e.g., stratified by housing tenure or area of residence)
- Rates of self-reported satisfaction with sense of safety and security in the home (e.g., stratified by dwelling type or area of residence)
- Rates of self-reported satisfaction with adequacy of number of bedrooms and amount of space (e.g., stratified by number of people per household)
- Core housing need