Knowledge Base

Housing and Homelessness Outlook

October 2025

The Housing and Homeless Services Division is pleased to share this brief with you, our valued community members and partners. We’ll bring you data related to regional housing and homelessness, features on our contracted operators and community partners, data related to regional housing and homelessness, and even client success stories.

Numbers to Know

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Tenancy Support Shallow Subsidy

(TSSS)

47

Number of people housed since the TSSS program began in December 2024, as of September 15, 2025.

TSSS is supported by ARPA funds and

will wrap up in

November 2026.

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Permanent Supportive Housing

(PSH)

$5.6 million

Amount of the Supportive Housing Development Fund grant awarded to Washoe County by the Nevada Housing Division.

The grant supports funding for operations and services over five years at the Cares Campus PSH.

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Emergency

Housing Vouchers (EHV)

90%

Percentage of individuals stably housed as of

September 2025.

Housing vouchers are provided by the Reno Housing Authority. Case management is provided by Washoe County.

Monthly Actively Homeless Data

Annual Winter Preparation

Washoe County is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of those experiencing homelessness in our community. Our housing-first mission is to get residents out of shelters and tents, off the streets, and into permanent housing by addressing basic needs and providing resources at Nevada Cares Campus and Our Place.

Winter is quickly approaching, and we are prepared to open a warming center and winter overflow beds to meet the increased need for shelter and services during the winter months.

Nevada Cares Campus will open the Resource Center warming center 24 hours per day beginning on or about November 1. Nevada Cares Campus and Our Place will open additional winter overflow beds beginning on or about December 1.

If an unhoused individual arrives at either location and there is no available bed in the emergency shelter, they can stay overnight in the winter overflow on a first-come, first-served basis, based on bed availability. Each person who is assigned a bed will be provided with linens and a locker to secure personal items.

Washoe County and emergency shelter operator staff monitor the weather forecasts regularly to ensure inclement weather services are available as winter weather approaches. If community members would like to know if the inclement services are open, they may inquire by calling Cares Campus at 775-329-4141 or Our Place at 775-327-7501.

In The News

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PSH Ribbon Cutting

The Permanent Support Housing (PSH) building at the Cares Campus had its official ribbon cutting on August 5, 2025. Reno Gazette Journal article.

EHV Program

Two Washoe County staff were featured in this article about the federal Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program. Nevada Current article.

Partner Spotlight

Thank you to all our community partners!

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Nevada’s Division of Social Services (DSS) visits both Washoe County emergency shelters each week. DSS provides assistance with services like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); Medicaid; child care costs; Women, Infants and Children (WIC); and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Here’s how many clients were assisted at each campus during the first half of 2025:

Our Place 2025

Month Our Place

January 30

February 42

March 46

April 55

May 51

June 39

Total 263

Cares Campus 2025

Month Cares Campus

January 75

February 136

March 160

April 177

May 75

June 154

Total 777

DSS served 1,040 clients total! We greatly appreciate the time spent at Our Place and the Cares Campus, and we look forward to DSS’s continued assistance in our community. Please visit the DSS website for more information about locations and services.

Call to Action

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Please visit the HHS Amazon Wishlist which addresses our clients’ most pressing needs. Visit our Donations webpage for more information. Thank you for your support!

Donate

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Volunteer with the Washoe County Housing and Homeless Services Division by visiting our Volunteer webpage to explore opportunities and submit an application form.

Volunteer

In Our Next Edition

Meet the contracted operators who work diligently to serve those

experiencing homelessness at the Cares Campus and Our Place:

Allied Universal

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Volunteers of America (VOA)

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Karma Box Project

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The courtyard of the permanent supportive housing building at the Nevada Cares Campus.

Photo: Courtyard at the Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) building at the Nevada Cares Campus. Courtesy of Vance Fox.