New RTFH Data Shows that in November the Number of People Who Moved Off the Streets and Into Housing Outpaced the Number of People Who Fell Into Homelessness

The last time this occurred was in March 2022, or 33 months ago

SAN DIEGO (DEC. 20, 2024)—-New regional data from the Regional Task Force on Homelessness (RTFH) shows that in November 894 people fell into homelessness and entered the system for the first time compared to 950 people who exited the system and were placed into housing.

The last time we saw numbers like these – more people exiting the system and into housing than people falling into homelessness and entering the system for the first time – was in March 2022, or 33 months ago.

While encouraging, RTFH CEO Tamera Kohler expressed cautious optimism.

“The demand is still there, that hasn’t changed,” Kohler said. “But we are housing more people and that’s encouraging for a lot of reasons but mostly because we know housing solves homelessness. We obviously want to see these trend lines continue in 2025, but I’ll say this again: we need more housing across the board, and we need a dedicated funding source to help our most vulnerable friends, neighbors, seniors, veterans, and families.”

Earlier this month, RTFH released regional data that showed the number of homeless people moving into housing increased while the number of people falling into homeless decreased during the last 12 months.

Between Oct. 2023 and Sept. 2024, data shows that on average 10 people found housing for every 14 people who experienced homelessness for the first time. A year ago, over the same period (Oct. 2022 through Sept. 2023) data showed 10 people found housing for every 16 people who experienced homelessness for the first time.

RTFH’s monthly data reports are not broken down by municipality but instead provide a regional outlook that creates more opportunities to measure the progress of the Regional Community Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness in San Diego.

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About the Regional Task Force on Homelessness (RTFH): The Regional Task Force on Homelessness’ mission is to reduce and end homelessness in San Diego, ensuring that if this situation does happen for anyone, it remains a rare, brief and non-recurring instance; not an outcome. As the Continuum of Care lead agency in San Diego County, RTFH administers many of the core federal requirements from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. RTFH also serves as a strategic planning body, funder, regional convener, promoter of best practices, trainer, policy leader, and advisor in San Diego’s collective efforts to end homelessness. For more information, please visit: www.rtfhsd.org