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OVERVIEW OF HOMELESS POPULATION IN LANE COUNTY <br />1. ALL PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS <br />One of the primary datasets available on homelessness is data from the Point-in-Time (PIT) count. HUD requires Continuums of <br />Care (CoC), such as Lane County, to conduct a count on a single night of the people in a community who are experiencing homelessness, <br />including sheltered and unsheltered populations. While HUD requires only a biannual count, Lane County traditionally conducts a <br />PIT count every year. <br />Lane County conducted its 2018 PIT count on January 31, 2018, and identified 1,641 persons experiencing homelessness. <br />The chart below shows the number of people experiencing homelessness2 and the corresponding living situation for those <br />persons from 2011 through 2018.3 <br />CHART 1: 2011-2018 PIT <br />The chart above illustrates that after a downward trend beginning in 2012 through 2016, the number of people experiencing homelessness <br />has been increasing. Note that unsheltered homelessness accounts for the entire seven percent increase in overall homelessness <br />between 2017 and 2018. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) defines unsheltered homeless situations <br />as locations not meant for human habitation, including living on the streets, living in vehicles, and living in “alternative shelter <br />options” (e.g., car camping, rest stops, Conestoga huts). <br /> <br />As part of the PIT count, communities must identify whether a person is an individual, a member of a family unit, or an <br />unaccompanied youth under the age of 18. In addition, communities must identify if a person is chronically homeless, <br />indicating that the person has experienced long-time or repeated homelessness and has a disability. Tables 1 and 2 (next page) <br />provide the demographics of persons experiencing homelessness collected as part of the 2018 PIT count. <br />2 2018 PIT Data provided directly from Lane County. <br />3 The PIT is a snapshot of people experiencing homelessness on any given night. Lane County estimates that over 15,000 people experienced homeless in Lane County in the last year. <br />2500 <br />2011 <br />2000 <br />2111 <br />1905 <br />1751 <br />1565 <br />1473 1451 1529 <br />1641 <br />2012 <br />1500 <br />2013 <br />1000 <br />2014 <br />500 <br />2015 <br />0 <br />2016 2017 2018 <br />TRANSITIONAL <br />EMERGENCY <br />UNSHELTERED <br />TOTAL <br />PAGE 3 <br />May 13, 2019, Joint Work Session – Item 1