2021 Oregon Homelessness PIT Estimates

Unsheltered Point in Time data for 2021 is particularly problematic. “First, two CoCs [Continuum of Cares] received a waiver for the unsheltered count from HUD in 2021. These included the Rural Oregon CoC, which contains the most counties of any CoC by far (26 of 36), and Portland/Multnomah, the CoC with the largest urban area in the state. Second, the requirement that CoCs conduct an unsheltered count only every other year means that some CoCs simply repeat the prior year’s count to HUD in the off year. Some CoCs (or counties within CoCs) do conduct actual unsheltered counts in off years, but the practice varies considerably even within the state. As a result, the last year for which we are certain that we have a full county-level unsheltered PIT count is 2019.”

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Portland State Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative (2022). Oregon Statewide Homelessness Estimates 2021. Retrieved from https://www.pdx.edu/homelessness/statewide-homelessness-estimate-2021

A table showing the rates of homelessness within Oregon (by county) from 2010 to 2021 (the latest year) is available here. Comparing data between both years and between counties is difficult due to procedures changing over time and differing implementation strategies.