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Community Service Gap Survey
The Fairbanks Housing & Homeless Coalition (FHHC) conducted a Community Service Gap Survey in April 2021. Here are the unfiltered results. Please remember the comments are from the public and not necessarily the views of the FHHC. 
Fairbanks Point In Time
The Point In Time (PIT) count is the national standard for determining the size of a homeless population within a community. The PIT is conducted one night in January and does not include people living in overcrowding situations or those seeking temporary shelter with friends or family (couch surfing). The data below is for the January 28, 2020 PIT Count. It was -35°F during the 2020 count. 

​Data Overview:
Total People in count: 197
Un-sheltered: 54 people   
​Emergency Shelter: 123 people 
​Transitional Shelter: 20 people 
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Alaska Point In Time
The Point In Time (PIT) count is the national standard for determining the size of a homeless population within a community. The PIT is conducted one night in January and does not include people living in overcrowding situations or those seeking temporary shelter with friends or family (couch surfing). Fourteen communities in Alaska participated in the 2019 PIT.
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​Data Overview:
Total People in count: 1,949
Total People in Emergency Shelters: 1,347
​Total People in Transitional Housing: 378
Total People Unsheltered: 224
National Point In Time
National PIT is the consolidation of all US PIT Counts.
​2020 Data Overview:
Total People in count: 580,466
Total People in Emergency Shelters: 279,890
​Total People in Transitional Housing: 74,485
Total People Unsheltered: 226,080
Fair Market Rent
HUD's Fair Market Rent for the Fairbanks North Star Borough.

​Data Overview:
Efficiency     One Bedroom     Two Bedroom     Three Bedroom
   $863                  $1,006                     $1,325                   $1,911                      
Low Income Housing Out of Reach Report
​The National Low Income Housing Coalition's annual Out of Reach Report identifies the struggles securing low income housing.
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​Data Overview:
Annual Income needed to afford a two bedroom rental in Fairbanks is $53,000​
Low Income Housing Gap Report
The National Low Income Housing Coalition's annual Gap Report identifies the shortages in low income housing.

​Data Overview:
National
The United States needs 3.6 million more low income housing rental units. 
Alaska
​Alaska has 19,652 extremely low income renter households
Census Data - American Community Survey
The United States Census Bureau has an enormous amount of data from annual, five year, and ten year community surveys and estimates.

​Data Overview:
Fairbanks North Star Borough - 2017
99,703 people live in FNSB
11.9% of population live at or below poverty level
2,632 families receive Food Stamps/SNAP benefits
Median rent $1,272
Fairbanks North Star Borough Community Research Quarterly 
The Fairbanks North Star Borough's ​Community Research Quarterly ​report.
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​Data Overview:
​​Borough-wide unemployment 5.0% average in September 2020
​254 rental unit vacancies in September 2020
Vacancy rate 7.9% in September 2020
Composite Cost of Living Index 127.7% of national average
The Rental Market
The Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development's ​Alaska Economic Trends calculated the vacancy rate in the Fairbanks North Star Borough at 19% in August 2020.
State Housing Inventory
This Housing Inventory Count (HIC) is the latest, official HIC for Alaska. The number of beds tends to fluctuate based upon demand, season, and funding. It is likely some programs are not represented in this HIC.
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Annual Report 
The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation's annual report.

​Data Overview:
Statewide Public Housing Units: 1612                Wait List: 4,331
Statewide Housing Choice Vouchers: 4,397      Wait List: 2,919
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation's State Housing Assessment
 In 2018 the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation published its ​Alaska Housing Assessment

​Data Overview:
  • ​Overcrowding in Alaska is nearly double the national average
  • ​Rural areas tend to have more overcrowding
  • Fairbanks has the highest housing cost burdens in Alaska
  • 36% of Fairbanks' renters pay more than 30% of their income on rent
  • Rural areas tend to have less energy efficient homes making their effective housing cost burdens higher than urban areas
FNSB Senior Needs Assessment
 In 2019 the North Star Council on Aging published its Senior Needs Assessment.

​Data Overview:
  • ​Fairbanks is behind state and national averages for all forms of senior housing
  • Senior population will peak at 21,209 in 2035
  • Needs 149 new subsidized by 2025 
Alaska Homeless Management Information System Data
Alaska Homeless Management Information System data for 2017. 

​Data Overview:
  • Alaskan providers served 9,387 individual people in 2017
  • 7,043 people stayed in emergency shelters
  • 1,231 entered into Coordinated Entry System
Fairbanks Homeless Management Information System Data
​Local Homeless Management Information System data for 2016-2020. 

​2020 Data Overview:  
  • Local providers served 1,082 individual people in 2020
  • ​32% of clients used services for six days or less
  • 31% of clients were fleeing domestic violence
  • ​15% of clients were experiencing chronic homelessness
  • 33% of clients exited services to permanent housing
  • 25% of clients exited services back into a homelessness situation
Balance of State System Map
For funding and data purposes Alaska is divided into two Continuum of Care (CoC), Anchorage and the rest of Alaska, which is known as the Balance of State (BoS).  This system map illustrates the flow of the homeless populations through various programs in the BoS.
Fairbanks System Map
This system map illustrates the flow of people experiencing homelessness through various programs in Fairbanks.
Fairbanks Project Homeless Connect Data
The most recent Project Homeless Connect (PHC) in Fairbanks occurred on 01/29/2020. Approximately 80 service providers from around 36 agencies and businesses with the help from more than additional 60 volunteers provided needed services to 201 community members.

​Data Overview:  
  • 35 attendees were un-sheltered the night before (it was -38° in Fairbanks)
  • 29 attendees met the HUD definition of experiencing chronic homelessness
  • 121 attendees had never been to a PHC before
  • 18 attendees were veterans
  • 13 attendees were currently fleeing domestic violence​ 
Worst-Case Housing Needs Report
The HUD Worst Case Housing Needs Reports are biyearly congressional briefs. Worst-case needs are defined as renters with very low incomes no more than 50% of the Area Median Income (AMI) who do not receive government housing assistance and who pay more than one-half of their income for rent, live in severely inadequate conditions, or both.

​Data Overview:  
  • Worst-Case incidences have decreased across all demographics since 2015
  • Over 7.2 million households with worst case needs
Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR)
HUD's Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress.
​Data Overview:  
  • Approximately 580,000 Americans experienced homelessness on any given night during 2020
  • ​Significant increases in unsheltered homelessness in 2020
Supportive Housing Opportunities Planner
National data on the availability of supportive housing by CoC. 
Economic Well-Being Report
The Consumer and Community Development Research Section of the Federal Reserve Board’s Division of Consumer and Community Affairs (DCCA) publishes an annual Report on Economic Well-Being.

​Data Overview:  
  • 75% of all Americans were "doing okay or living comfortably" in 2019
  • 28% of all Americans could not cover an unexpected expense of more than $400
  • 90% of all Americans were satisfied with their housing in 2019
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