Inflow/Outflow of Homelessness

Inflow and Outflow are two of the most important measures for monitoring progress towards our goal of ending homelessness. The goal is to see outflow exceed inflow. When this happens, it means that more people are exiting from homelessness than are entering the homeless-serving system. Inflow represents: the number of individuals newly identified as homeless, returned to homelessness from housing, returned to homelessness from inactive status (they have accessed the homeless-serving system within the last 90 days). Outflow represents: the number of individuals who have moved from housing to housed and those who have moved to inactive status (they have not interacted with the homeless-serving system for 90+ days). Data includes individuals who have had a shelter stay since October 2019 (the date which our homeless-serving system started using the newly released HIFIS 4.0). Data depicted is collected by homeless-serving shelters through the Homeless Individuals and Families Information System (HIFIS).

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City of Hamilton

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2026-09-12