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The Other Place

In 2007, The Other Place provided services to more than 1,800 adult men and women who accounted for more than 60,000 visits into our emergency daytime shelter. The number of people served grows to more than 2,500 when you add in The Other Place’s homelessness prevention and street outreach programs.  On average, each day in 2007 more than 160 people utilized our emergency shelter.

Of the 1,800 adults served within our emergency shelter:
• 75% were single men and 25% were single women
• 53% were black, 45% were white, and other racial categories accounted for 2%

The primary causes of homelessness for clients of The Other Place are similar to those faced by others across the state and country: poverty and a shortage of affordable, adequate rental housing.

Local

In Dayton and Montgomery County on any given night, more than 800 of our fellow citizens are considered homeless; similarly, more than 70 people are considered to go unsheltered. Nearly 53% of the overall population are individuals and 47% are families with children.  There is an unmet need of nearly 200 permanent supportive housing units.
Source: Montgomery County Homeless Solutions

In Montgomery County, the Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a two-bedroom apartment is $678. To afford this level of rent and utilities -- without paying more than 30% of income on housing -- a household must earn $27,120 annually, or $13.04 per hour (assuming a 40-hour work week, 52 weeks per year.) 
Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition's Out of Reach 2007-2008 Report

State

In the state of Ohio on any given night, more than 16,000 people are homeless with more than 3,900 of those persons going unsheltered. 
Source: HUD Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress 2007 

In Ohio, the Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a two-bedroom apartment is $680. To afford this level of rent and utilities -- without paying more than 30% of income on housing -- a household must earn $27,191 annually, or $13.07 per hour (assuming a 40-hour work week, 52 weeks per year.) Ohio minimum wage is $7.00. To afford FMR for a two-bedroom apartment, a minimum wage earner must work 75 hours per week, 52 weeks per year.
Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition's Out of Reach 2007-2008 Report

National

In January 2005, an estimated 744,313 people experienced homelessness in the United States of America.  56% of homeless people counted were sheltered and 44% were unsheltered.  59% of homeless people counted were single adults and 41% were persons living in families.  23% of homeless people were reported as chronically homeless, which according to HUD's definition means they are homeless for long periods or repeatedly and have a disability.
Source: HUD Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress 2007

The 2008 national Housing Wage for a two-bedroom rental unit is $17.32. A full-time worker must earn this wage and work year round in order to afford the national average Fair Market Rent of $900 per month.
Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition's Out of Reach 2007-2008 Report