Experts argue that the Point-in-Time Count is increasingly outdated and fails to capture the true scope and evolving nature of the housing crisis.

The Homeless Outreach Team talks with a person during an encampment sweep on Jesse Street on August 13, 2024. Photo by Marcus Gabbert. Mission Local is home to San Francisco’s premier political ...

Some of us didn’t believe it when the numbers dropped for the federally-mandated count of homeless people living in Sacramento County in 2024, which showed a staggering 41% decrease in the county’s ...

San Francisco is set to significantly change how it counts The City’s homeless population, leading some advocates for the homeless to say they worry the new method will make it more difficult to ...

Earlier this week, the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) began its federally required point-in-time (PIT) count — an annual estimate of how many people are unhoused in the county.

The city of Pasadena held its annual point-in-time homeless count Wednesday, Jan. 21, and Thursday, Jan. 22. Pasadena is one of a handful of local cities that conduct its own homeless count outside of ...

“This year, we had 131 volunteers in Humboldt County. Our goal was 150, and while we probably didn’t get to some areas as ...