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Aurora reports 2025 grantee outcomes above HUD averages; city to refine occupancy metrics
Summary
The city presented 2025 data showing grantee programs, funded from a mix of local marijuana tax, HUD HOME/TBRA and Emergency Solutions Grants, had rapid-rehousing exit rates above the 2024 HUD national average of 33.8%; city will change 2026 reporting to emphasize occupancy percentages and retention metrics.
Stephanie Piper, Aurora's homelessness manager, reviewed 2025 spending and results for grantees funded by the city.
Piper listed the primary grantees: Aurora Housing Authority, Aurora Mental Health, Mile High Behavioral Health Care, Bridge House Ready to Work, Family Tree, and Gateway Domestic Violence. She said funding sources included marijuana tax revenue, HUD HOME/TBRA and Emergency Solutions Grants.
Piper presented program counts and exits to permanent housing. "The advanced day shelter served 2,480 individuals, and then the advanced tier 1 served 1,991 individuals," she said, and she reported that Aurora Housing Authority achieved 100% rapid-rehousing exit rates for one program and 96.92% for supportive services. Several grantee rapid-rehousing and homelessness-prevention programs exceeded the HUD 2024 national average exit rate of 33.8%.
Piper said the city will change 2026 reporting to emphasize occupancy percentages (beds filled as a share of beds available) and will ask grantees to report retention/exit rates to allow better cross-program comparison. Nikki Rising, the division's data analyst, said rapid-rehousing programs typically track housing retention at six months and one year and that the city did not request retention data in 2025 but will ask for it in 2026.
Council members asked for additional retention figures and follow-up metrics so the committee can better assess whether people who exit to permanent housing are sustaining that housing over time. The division said it will request that retention data from grantees and incorporate it into future reporting.
