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HUD System Performance Measures

Tracks how the local homelessness response system performs across federal fiscal years using measures defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

A specific tool for a specific community question.

System Performance Measures help the community look beyond program volume and examine outcomes across the broader response system. Trends can highlight progress and areas needing attention in length of homelessness, returns to homelessness, income, first-time homelessness, and successful housing exits.

From submission to public result.

The collection route and the public report serve different audiences. Access is identified before anyone follows a link.

Authorized Coalition staff only

Data collection

Coalition administrators enter and verify published HUD performance values.

Maintain performance data

What is collected

  • HUD measure, series, and fiscal year
  • Official reported value and display unit
  • Average or median values where the HUD measure includes both
  • Publication status and source notes

How to read this data responsibly.

Every data set has a defined source, public boundary, and limitation. Those distinctions stay visible alongside the results.

What the public can see

The public dashboard displays published system-level values, fiscal-year trends, definitions, and whether improvement means an increase or decrease.

Consistent definitions

Measures remain aligned with HUD definitions, and values that were not reported stay distinct from true zeroes.

Important limitation

These are system-level outcomes. They do not describe every individual experience or explain on their own why a measure changed.