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Point-in-time count: Clark County recorded 1,530 people experiencing homelessness on Jan. 30; unsheltered numbers rose 11%
Summary
A Clark County presentation reported 1,530 people counted as experiencing homelessness on Jan. 30, 2025 — a 12% increase year over year — with 742 unsheltered. County staff emphasized the count is a one-night snapshot required by HUD and Washington state and described demographic disparities and limits of the method.
Dale Whitley, chief assistance officer for Accounts for the Homeless, told the Clark County Community Action Advisory Board that a total of 1,530 people were counted as experiencing homelessness on Jan. 30, 2025, an increase of about 12% from the previous year.
The point-in-time count is “a single night snapshot,” Whitley said, and is required by both the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Washington State Department of Commerce. “HUD requires an unsheltered count to happen at least every other year, but Washington state has required us to do one every year,” he said.
Why it matters: the count is used for planning and funding decisions but captures only people who meet HUD’s definition of literal homelessness on that one night, Whitley said. It does not include people who are doubled up or staying temporarily…
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