Success = Housing Stability
For NWPP, our success is about stabilizing housing for those we serve. We track two types of housing stability: Permanent Housing Placement and Eviction Prevention.
When we help someone move from homelessness or temporary living situations into housing that is affordable and without time limits, we call this “Permanent Housing Placement” Permanent housing placement may include locating the apartment, completing or paying for the application process, paying a deposit or first month’s rent, coordinating the physical move, providing basic furniture to get started, or any combination of these services.
Eviction Prevention services may include financial help, advocacy with landlords, coordination of in-home services, budgeting, referrals to healthcare providers – in short, anything that stabilizes seniors in their current housing or helps them access more stable housing.
Housing Program Outcomes
- 1022 individuals received services from NWPP this fiscal year
- 137 households were placed into permanent affordable housing
- 366 households received rent assistance or other homeless prevention services
- 283 households received housing case management services
- $1,000 was the average cost to stabilize a senior in affordable housing
- 183 households received home- or community-based retention support services
- 85% of households who received housing assistance were still successfully housed after 12 months
Who We Serve
- 42% 65+ years of age head of household
- 32% people with physical disabilities
- 69% people with behavioral health disabilities
- 4% veterans
- 88% have extremely low incomes ($0 – $1,540 per month)
- 47% experience homelessness
- 41% seniors of color
- 17% experienced domestic violence
How We Measure Success
During our 2023-2024 fiscal year (July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024) NWPP’s Senior Housing Program provided housing services to 1022 households needing a variety of assistance. Of those:
- We placed 137 households in permanent housing.
- We provided eviction prevention services to 366 households.
We believe that long-term housing stability is the best measure of our success at ending or preventing homelessness for seniors. We measure our clients’ success in their housing at three regular intervals: 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after placement or eviction prevention services. In 2023/2024, 85 % remained stably housing after 12 months.
Housing stability can be affected by decreased income, loss of unemployment benefits and increased rents. Some of the individuals housed moved out of the area to seek employment.