HOMELESSNESS
| Community Progress Indicators (CPI) Data | |
| Total number of emergency shelter users over year: | 825 (2017) |
| Number of people placed in stable housing through HPS-funded interventions including Housing First: | 53 (2016-2017) |
| Number of 2017 chronic shelter users who have stayed at shelters at least once in each of the past three years: | 43 (2017) |
| Shelter bednights used: | 23,662 (2017) |
| Shelters occupancy rate: | 86.4% (2017) |
| Number of chronic shelter users over year: | 55 (2017) |
| Percentage of people who received a Housing First intervention that were placed into stable housing within 30 days: | 42% (2016-2017) |
| % of shelter users staying longer than 30 days in shelter: | 25.2% (2017) |
| Mean number of days spent in shelter by shelter users: | 22.0 (2017) |
HOUSING
|
Bachelor Vacancy Rate: |
5.5% (2018) |
| 1-bedroom Vacancy Rate: |
4.8% (2018) |
| 2-bedroom Vacancy Rate: |
6.7% (2018) |
| Average Cost of Rent (bachelor): |
$712 (2018) |
| Average Cost of Rent (1 bdrm): |
$791 (2018) |
| Average Cost of Rent (2 bdrm): |
$961 (2018) |
|
Average Cost of Rent (3+ bdrm): |
$895 (2018) |
| Number of non-profit housing units (City of St. John's): |
424 (2016) |
| Number of social housing units (Newfoundland and Labrador Housing): |
3,178 (2016) |
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
| Percentage of population receiving income support assistance: |
10.7% (2016) |
| Numbers of individuals receiving income support assistance: |
10,905 (2016) |
| Social assistance (single adult/mo.): |
$323 (2017) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador Housing's St. John's waitlist: |
264 (May 2014) |
|
City of St John's Non-Profit Housing waitlist: |
358 (May 2014) |
INDIGENOUS DATA
|
Percentage of people surveyed in homeless count identifying as indigenous: |
25.90% (2018) |