A pdf of the above image is available at https://friendsoftheunsheltered.org/wp-content/uploads/Clatsop-PIT.pdf.

Notes

Housing & Urban Development (HUD) requires each Continuum of Care (CoC) to do an annual Point in Time (PIT) count in early January.
The PIT includes counting both unsheltered and sheltered (e.g. “couch surfing”) homeless individuals and families.
Clatsop Community Action is responsible for the count in Clatsop County.
Clatsop County is in HUD’s Rural Oregon Continuum of Care (that includes 26 Oregon counties).
PIT data reported to the State of Oregon is at the county level.
As of January 13, 2023 the most recent data published by the state is for the 2019 PIT count.
Clatsop Count has, and has had for years, the highest reported rate of homelessness among counties in the State of Oregon.
Among states, Oregon ranks number 4 in the rate of homelessness (number of homeless per 100,000 residents).
“Clatsop County is ground zero for the housing crisis in the country” (Leslie Ford is a housing strategy and development advisor for Columbia Pacific Coordinated Care Organization and Project CareConnect). Seaside Signal, January 6, 2023.

Data Sources

Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Point-in-Time (PIT) Count Standards and Methodologies Training: https://www.hudexchange.info/trainings/courses/point-in-time-pit-count-standards-and-methodologies-training/.

Homeless Populations and Subpopulations Reports: https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/coc/coc-homeless-populations-and-subpopulations-reports/.

The State of Oregon

Oregon Housing and Community Services – Point-in-Time: https://www.oregon.gov/ohcs/homelessness/Pages/index.aspx.

Misc.

More information on the PIT count: https://friendsoftheunsheltered.org/research-pit/.

DON’T COUNT ON IT: How the HUD Point-in-Time Count Underestimates the Homelessness Crisis in America: https://homelesslaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/HUD-PIT-report2017.pdf.

State of Homelessness in 2022: Statistics, Analysis, & Trends: https://www.security.org/resources/homeless-statistics/.

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