The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) releases the Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress (AHAR) in two parts. Part 1 provides Point-in-Time (PIT) estimates, offering a snapshot of homelessness—both sheltered and unsheltered—on a single night. The one-night counts are conducted during the last 10 days of January each year. The PIT counts also provide an estimate of the number of people experiencing homelessness within particular homeless populations such as individuals with chronic patterns of homelessness and veterans experiencing homelessness.

To understand our nation’s capacity to serve people who are currently or formerly experiencing homelessness, this report also provides counts of beds in emergency shelters, transitional housing programs, safe havens, rapid rehousing programs, permanent supportive housing programs, and other permanent housing.

In 2019, the PIT estimates of people experiencing homelessness in sheltered and unsheltered locations,

as well as the number of beds available to serve them, were reported by 397 Continuums of Care (CoC)

nationwide. These 397 CoCs covered virtually the entire United States.

On a Single Night in January 2019

• 567,715 people – about 17 of every 10,000 people in the United States – were experiencing homelessness across the United States.

• Just under two-thirds (63%) of people experiencing homelessness were staying in sheltered locations, and just over one-third (37%) were found in unsheltered locations.

• More than two thirds of people experiencing homelessness were in households with only adults (70% or 396,045 people). About one in three (30% or 171,670) people experienced homelessness as part of a family with at least

one adult and one child under 18 years of age. Less than one percent (4,101 people) were in households composed of one or more children without an adult present.