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City of Spokane HMIS data shows transitional housing drives most permanent exits; shelters have lower permanent-placement rates
Summary
A City of Spokane presentation of Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Longitudinal Systems Analysis shows transitional and rapid rehousing projects lead to far higher rates of exits to permanent housing than emergency shelters, while systemwide retention is high and average length of homelessness is about 99 days.
City of Spokane HMIS staff presented a Longitudinal Systems Analysis (LSA) of the local homeless response system to the Spokane County Commission during the board's April 22 strategic-planning meeting, showing that transitional housing and rapid rehousing produce substantially higher rates of exits to permanent housing than emergency shelter.Issue and findings: Dawn Kinder (HMIS) told commissioners the LSA covers individuals who were served in projects that provide beds—emergency shelters, transitional housing (TH), rapid rehousing and permanent supportive housing—during the federal fiscal year Oct. 1, 2023–Sept. 30, 2024. The report excludes coordinated entry, street outreach and eviction-prevention programs, which do not track people in projects with beds.Kinder said the HMIS dataset shows roughly…
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