Project Homeless Connect

Durham’s 5th annual Project Homeless Connect was held on Thursday, October 13 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Thanks to all who helped make the day a great success!  Click here for more information. Visit our Facebook page.

Report estimates annual homeless count

An Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) provides demographic information for the people who stayed in emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent supportive housing dedicated to serve homeless people in a community. HUD uses AHAR information from communities throughout the nation to provide a nationwide AHAR to Congress annually. In the fiscal year ending 9/30/2011, at least 1796 different people occupied housing dedicated to serve homeless people in Durham. Based on this information, an estimated 3060 different homeless or recently homeless people were sheltered in Durham during the period. Click here to read the 2011 AHAR report for Durham.

You can help end homelessness in Durham

Durham Opening Doors is a groundbreaking and ambitious campaign to engage all sectors of the Durham community in a revitalized effort to confront and overcome homelessness rather than just managing it. The overall goal is to reduce the length of time that any homeless person would stay in an emergency shelter to less than 45 days.

The Plan does this by:

Closing the Front Door: We are preventing homelessness in the first place by working more closely with mainstream poverty programs to ensure that those most at risk of homelessness are receiving assistance they qualify for.

Opening the Back Door: We are enabling homeless people to access permanent housing more quickly by increasing the supply of affordable housing and permanent supportive housing, ensuring that people have incomes adequate to pay for basic needs, and providing appropriate services for those who need them.

Did you know that . . .

12% of  the homeless in Durham are children.

18% of homeless adults are veterans.

34% of homeless Durham adults indicate that unemployment is the primary cause.

15,000 households in NC District IV, Durham’s Congressional District, pay more than 50% of household income to maintain housing.

14% of Durham’s homeless people report wages as a source of income.

76% of homeless adults in Durham report having been diagnosed with a disability or long-term illness.