The Committee to End Homelessness (CEH) King County reports a 31% decrease in the number of chronically homeless people living without shelter in our county.

 

There’s a lot of grim news coming from the housing sector these days. So when some good news appears, we’re going to celebrate it. The Committee to End Homelessness (CEH) in King County just released their latest data.

A 31% decrease in the number of chronically homeless people living without shelter in King County is wonderful news. It’s a compelling testament to the good work of Plymouth Housing Group and all of our partner providers–from street outreach workers to peer nonprofits that, like Plymouth, provide permanent supportive housing.

We’re encouraged by these results. We believe they’re evidence that the “Housing First” model– used by Plymouth and other providers of permanent supportive housing—achieves the best outcomes with this population.

Our staff see small and large successes every day. It’s great to take this moment to celebrate the fact that the new CEH data validate the work we do each day to make these successes possible.

“Homeless people need homes,” said Mark Putnam, Director of the Committee to End Homelessness (CEH) in King County. “We’ve committed to housing every veteran by 2015 and every chronically homeless person by 2017. If we can continue to create new housing and engage more landlords to rent to formerly homeless households, we will meet our goals.”

Thank you for donating, advocating, and volunteering with Plymouth. These wonderful results are yours, too. Now we need to keep going.

Read the full CEH report here.

 

Coming Soon: more encouraging data about veterans!