HUD Data Elements - Prior Living, Current Living, & Exit Destinations

The Prior Living, Current Living Situation and Exit Destination fields are used to identify where a client slept the night before enrollment into your project (Type of Residence); where they are sleeping throughout the time they have been enrolled in your project (Current Living Situation); and where a client will stay just after exiting your project (Exit Destinations).

All these collection points are used for the purposes of tracking and outcome measurement.

The following resources break apart the HUD required selections into 5 categories.

Homeless Situations
Institutional Situations
Temporary Situations
Permanent Situations
Other Situations

Homeless Situations and the HUD Definition / Examples:

Place not meant for habitation	Examples - a vehicle, an abandoned building, bus/train/subway station/airport or anywhere outside
Emergency shelter, including hotel or motel paid for with emergency shelter voucher, or Host Home shelter	ESG Emergency Shelter • HOPWA Hotel/Motel or Short Term Housing • RHY BCP shelter or RHY-funded Host Home shelter • VA HCHV Community Contract Emergency Housing • Locally-funded shelters
Safe Haven	CoC Safe Haven • VA Community Contract Safe Haven • Locally-funded Safe Haven type projects

Institutional Situations and the HUD Definition / Examples:

Foster care home or foster care group home	Foster Care - A situation in which for a period of time a child lives with and is cared for by people who are not the child's parent(s). • Foster group home: A facility of any capacity which provide 24-hour nonmedical care and supervision to children in a structured environment, with such services provided at least in part by staff employed by the licensee.
Hospital or other residential nonpsychiatric medical facility	Residential mental health treatment environments generally provide longer term care for individuals. Most residential treatment settings provide medical care but are designed to be more comfortable and less like a hospital ward than inpatient hospitals.
Jail, prison, or juvenile detention facility	Client is not receiving services from project and/or not housed with voucher anymore due to being placed in jail, prison or juvenile detention facility.
Long-term care facility or nursing home	A long-term care home, sometimes called a nursing home, is a place where seniors can live and receive help with their daily activities, such as eating or bathing. Long-term care homes also provide 24-hour nursing and personal care and therefore are best suited for people who have difficulty directing their own care.
Psychiatric hospital or other psychiatric facility	Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health units or behavioral health units, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders.
Substance abuse treatment facility or detox center	Health facilities providing therapy and/or rehabilitation for substance dependent individuals.

Temporary Situations and the HUD Definition / Examples:

Transitional housing for homeless persons (including homeless youth)	CoC Transitional Housing • HOPWA Transitional Housing (when moving from non-HOPWA projects) • RHY Maternal Group Homes or TLP • VA GPD Bridge Housing, Service Intensive Transitional Housing, Hospital to Housing, or Clinical Treatment • Any locally funded transitional housing project (facilitates movement to permanent housing with occupancy agreement for terms from 124 months).
Residential or halfway house with no homeless criteria	A sober living or other residential project with no lease or rights of tenancy, with or without time limits.
Hotel or motel paid for without emergency shelter voucher	Hotel/motel that is paid for by client, family member, friend or any one else that is not a charitable organization.
Host home (noncrisis)	No additional information.
Staying or living with friends, temporary tenure (e.g. room, apartment or house)	Guaranteed temporary housing with client(s) friends.
Staying or living with family, temporary tenure (e.g. room, apartment or house)	Guaranteed temporary housing with client(s) family.
Moved from one HOPWA funded project to HOPWA PH (Destination Only)	Limited to use by HOPWA-funded projects.

Permanent Situations and the HUD Definition / Examples:

Staying or living with family, permanent tenure	Guaranteed permanent housing with client(s) family.
Staying or living with friends, permanent tenure	Guaranteed permanent housing with client(s) friends.
Moved from one HOPWA funded project to HOPWA TH (Destination Only)	Limited to use by HOPWA-funded projects.
Rental by client, no ongoing housing subsidy	A rental that the client will pay for on their own (without a subsidy of any kind).
Rental by client, with other ongoing housing subsidy	Any subsidized rental housing (see rental subsidy types below) *
Owned by client, with ongoing housing subsidy	Used if client(s) have left your project to housing that they have purchased with some kind of subsidy.
Owned by client, no ongoing housing subsidy	Used if client(s) have left your project to housing that they have purchased.

Other Situations and the HUD Definition / Examples:

No exit interview completed *(Destination Only)*	This will be considered "missing data" for data quality and reporting purposes.
Other	Any response of "Other" in Destination will not count in any HMIS based reporting as a positive outcome. Review the above list carefully to determine if any option above is a reasonable match.
Deceased *(Destination Only)*	Used if client has passed away while in project.
Client doesn't know	Any response of "Client doesn’t know" in Destination will not count in any HMIS based reporting as a positive outcome. Review the above list carefully to determine if any option above is a reasonable match.
Client prefers not to answer	Any response of "Client prefers not to answer" in Destination will not count in any HMIS based reporting as a positive outcome. Review the above list carefully to determine if any option above is a reasonable match.
Data not collected	Any response of "Data not collected" in Destination will count as missing data.

*Rental Subsidy Types and the HUD Definition / Example:

The Rental Subsidy Type populates when a prior living, current living, or destination with a subsidy is selected.

GPD TIP housing subsidy	Transition in Place housing is a housing model where Veterans are provided time-limited transitional housing assistance with the lease converting to the Veteran as their permanent housing.
VASH housing subsidy	Veteran and their household's specific subsidy type.
RRH or equivalent subsidy	Use this response category as a Destination only if the client is moving directly into a unit. • CoC Rapid Rehousing • ESG Rapid Rehousing • VA SSVF Rapid Re Housing • Locally-funded Rapid Rehousing.
Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) (tenant or project based) (not dedicated)	Includes HCV with no paired services • Used for clients that have been housed with an Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV).
Public housing unit	Public housing - decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Public housing comes in all sizes and types, from scattered single-family houses to high rise apartments. Managed by Public Housing Authorities.
Housing Stability Voucher	No additional information.
Family Unification Program Voucher (FUP)	No additional information.
Foster Youth to Independence Initiative (FYI)	No additional information.
Permanent Supportive Housing	CoC Permanent Supportive Housing
Other permanent housing dedicated for formerly homeless persons	No additional information.