Department of Housing CITY COUNCIL 2020 Homeless Count Jennifer O’Reilly -Jones Homeless Programs Coordinator June 8, 2020
2020 HOMELESS COUNT January 21, 2020 Conducted annually in late January beginning at sunset and ending at sunrise Point in Time SNAPSHOT One-night count of people experiencing homelessness in IN Pasadena TIME Mobile Survey Mobile devices were used in 2020 to record survey responses. 2
2020 HOMELESS COUNT RESULTS Department of Housing On January 21, 2020, 527 people were experiencing homelessness in Pasadena.
WHO WAS COUNTED Department of Housing 56% 44% UNSHELTERED SHELTERED emergency shelter 37% street or sidewalk 30% 7% transitional housing 12% parking lot 7% car or rv 3% park 2% transit center Does not include: 2% under bridge, overpass, or fwy Doubled up or couch surfing embankment At-risk of homelessness 1% abandoned building 0.4% outside a church 0.4% tent, encampment, natr’l area
HOMELESSNESS REMAINS LARGELY UNCHANGED Department of Housing 1,216 1,137 904 772 763 646 632 677 666 437 542 575 527 393 530 401 462 442 347 321 294 352 491 467 453 379 265 233 228 215 221 190 178 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Sheltered Unsheltered 3-year rolling trendline 5
MORE PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN EMERGENCY SHELTER Department of Housing + 5 % Sheltered Count State Funding - 8 % One-time emergency shelter resources Unsheltered Count
2017-19 STATEWIDE TRENDS Department of Housing Up 30% or more Up 20 to 29% Up 10 to 19% Up 1 to 9% Down 0 to -9% Down -10 to -19% Down -20 to -29% Down -30% or more Pasadena
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INITIAL 2020 RESULTS* Department of Housing * Results Pending : LA County San Diego -6% Long Beach Glendale Pasadena -3% Imperial County San Luis Obispo Riverside County 3% Ventura County 4% Santa Barbara County 5% Kern County 19% San Bernardino County 20%
UNSHELTERED COUNT DISTRIBUTION Department of Housing
Department of Housing Homeless Count SURVEY FINDINGS
LOCATION AND LENGTH OF RESIDENCY BEFORE HOUSING LOSS Department of Housing Over half lived in Pasadena for an average of 21 years before falling into homelessness PASADENA Where are LA COUNTY our homeless 88% lived in LA County for neighbors an average of 17 years before becoming homeless from?
FIRST TIME HOMELESS Department of Housing 1 out of 5 Residents for 31 years 19% of people fell into On average, people who homelessness for the first became homeless last year have time in their life last year. lived in Pasadena for 31 years.
POPULATION COMPOSITION Department of Housing MAJORITY OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE SINGLE ADULTS 86% SINGLE ADULTS 14% PEOPLE IN FAMILIES 13
GENDER Department of Housing People Experiencing City of Pasadena Homelessness 48% Male 67% Male 52% Female 33% Female 1% Transgender
AGE DIFFERENCES AND TRENDS Department of Housing City of Pasadena 3 out of 10 general population 57 % people who are homeless are above 45 % the age of 55 19 % 19 % 16 % 14 % 8 % 8 % 8 % 5 % Children Youth Adults Older Adults Seniors Under 18 18-24 25-54 55-61 62+ 15
HISPANIC/LATINO POPULATION Department of Housing 37% 35% People experiencing homelessness City Population Like the US Census Bureau, HUD defines race and ethnicity as separate and distinct identities, with Hispanic or Latino origin asked as a separate question.
RACIAL DISPARITIES Department of Housing UNDERREPRESENTED OVERREPRESENTED 51 % 49 % 31 % 17 % 10 % 5 % 3 % 2 % 2 % 0 % White Asian Multiple Black American Indian Races or Alaska Native City of Pasadena general population 17
BLACK PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS Department of Housing 40 % 33 % 31 % 13 % 10 % 8 % City of Los Angeles United States Pasadena County General Population 18
HEALTH CONDITIONS OF OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS Department of Housing 41 % Chronic Health Condition 37 % Physical Disability 27 % Substance Use 25 % Serious Mental Health Condition 17 % Developmental Disability 12 % Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 7 % Traumatic Brain Injury
HEALTH NEEDS Department of Housing 52% 1 in 3 visited an ER in the past 6 were unable to get months needed medical care in the past year
HOMELESS SUBPOPULATIONS Department of Housing 315 275 269 238 109 104 77 73 50 35 43 44 32 38 31 22 ‘17 ‘18 ‘19 ‘20 ‘17 ‘18 ‘19 ‘20 ‘17 ‘18 ‘19 ‘20 ‘17 ‘18 ‘19 ‘20 Veterans Chronically People in Unaccompanied & Homeless Parenting Youth Families 7% 52% 4% 14% 21
Department of Housing 2020 Homeless Count STATE OF HOMELESSNESS IN PASADENA
HOMES END HOMELESSNESS Department of Housing 291 PEOPLE HOUSED in 2019
RECENT INVESTMENTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS Department of Housing 1. HOPE Team Street Outreach Services Liaison 2. Motel Vouchers 3. Housing Locators 4. Housing Retention Specialist 5. Homelessness Prevention
STRUCTURAL & SYSTEMIC CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS Department of Housing Lack of Rising Rents + Inadequate Structural + Support for Economic Low/Stagnant Social Safety Institutional Exits From Pressures Wages Net Racism Institutions Our system is helping more people than ever before, but we need to address the inflow. 25
BOTTLENECKS WITHIN OUR SYSTEM Department of Housing Housing Resources Access to housing resources that will permanently end people’s homelessness Connection to Case Management and Supportive Services Low-barrier connection to services and ongoing case management support
ANTICIPATED CHALLENGES Department of Housing COVID-19 PANDEMIC Bolster Economic Downturn Homelessness Prevention Surge in the number of Investments in people who fall into Rapid Rehousing Homelessness Protecting people who are at Prioritization for Existing High Risk Permanent Housing
WHAT IT MEANS TO END HOMELESSNESS Department of Housing Rare Targeted Prevention Diversion Rare Brief Rapid Rehousing Housing Navigation & Location Landlord incentives Non- Brief Recurring Non-Recurring Supportive Housing 93% Retention Rate
OUR WORK IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE Department of Housing Exits from Long Term Progress Lasting Results Homelessness Steady and encouraging Service connections People who exit progress for close to 10 and exits to permanent homelessness do not years housing return
Department of Housing Acknowledgements The Pasadena Continuum of Care (CoC), led by the City of Pasadena Department of Housing, would like to thank the 200+ volunteers who contributed to the success of the 2020 Homeless Count. This year’s c ount yielded the highest number of volunteers yet. The participation of community members, professional outreach workers, partner agencies, faith-based organizations, local nonprofits and City Departments (Police, Public Health, DoIT, Library) is fundamental to collecting meaningful data in an effort to further our understanding of homelessness in the City and secure resources to implement effective solutions.
Department of Housing To download the full report, visit: https://pasadenapartnership.org/homeless-count/ 31
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