Last updated: 29 October 2026
Two kinds of information we hold
Published data comes from public sources we cite and link to. Professional input comes from conversations with agencies, case managers and reentry staff. These are different in kind and we keep them separate: published data carries a citation, professional input carries the date and the role of the person who said it, and the two are never blended into a single unsourced claim.
Public sources
We use, among others, the Wake County Housing Data Platform, the North Carolina Housing Coalition county profiles, and North Carolina Department of Adult Correction publications. Our current source list, with what each one covers and what it cannot tell you, is on the local housing sources page.
Why we link rather than restate
A rent or cost-burden figure copied onto our page becomes wrong quietly the moment the source updates. We link to the source and explain what it measures, so the number you see is the current one.
What we check and when
- Source links are re-checked before a page is published and on each dated review.
- Regulatory statements are checked against the actual statute, ordinance or agency rule text.
- Program rules are checked against the publishing agency, not against a summary of them.
- Where a rule varies by county or municipality, we say it varies rather than generalising.
Professional interviews
When we speak to agencies about housing needs, we ask about aggregate requirements — populations, locations, realistic budgets, room configurations, approval steps — and never for client lists or case files. We record the date and the professional role. We do not publish what an agency said unless they have agreed to be attributed, and we do not describe anyone as a partner without explicit mutual confirmation.
What we will not report
- Placement counts, success rates or outcomes without underlying records.
- Survey results we did not actually run, or run with too few responses to mean anything.
- Demand estimates presented as measurements.
- Property availability described in terms that are not verified for the specific property.
Where we have professional input but not data, we describe it as staff judgment and label it that way.
Limits of this method
We are a small company. Our professional input reflects the agencies we have actually spoken to, not a representative sample of Wake County. A gap we describe as important may be important precisely because we have heard it repeatedly from a handful of teams — that is useful, but it is not a survey, and we do not present it as one.
Corrections
If a source has changed or a statement is wrong, tell us through the corrections process.