What does it measure?

The number of people exiting homelessness to permanent housing is a critical determinant of the size of the homeless population. In Alameda County we would like to see growing numbers of people leaving homelessness to permanent housing from one year to the next. A steadily increasing number of people exiting homeless would indicate increasingly stable communities and foreshadow an end to homelessness.

How does it measure?

In System Performance Measure 7, HUD focuses on understanding where people exit when they leave the housing crisis response system. Permanent housing destinations include but are not limited to permanent supportive housing, subsidized rental housing, and unsubsidized rental housing. The value is the number of persons in ES, TH, and RRH projects who exited to permanent housing destinations. 

System Performance Measure 7 is an annual measure.