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Continuum of Care: Point-in-time count shows increase in unsheltered homelessness and demographic disparities; HUD funding changes announced
Summary
Buncombe County’s Continuum of Care (CoC) lead reported on a June 3 update that the 2025 point-in-time count showed a rise in unsheltered homelessness and demographic disparities; the CoC also received HUD award notices with some reductions and one new project funded. The CoC is pursuing shelter planning and strategic-plan adoption.
Lacey Hoyle, lead agency staff for Buncombe County’s Continuum of Care, presented a quarterly update to commissioners on June 3 that covered the 2025 point-in-time (PIT) count, HUD funding results, board and committee activity, and near-term planning.
Hoyle said the PIT count is a one-night snapshot (conducted the night of Jan. 28) of people meeting HUD’s literal-homelessness definition (emergency shelter, transitional housing or unsheltered). The county’s 2025 PIT count recorded 427 people in emergency or transitional shelter and 328 unsheltered, for a total of 755 individuals counted; transitional housing beds decreased by 93, largely because a veterans program lost capacity after flooding.
Hoyle said 116 of the 328 unsheltered survey respondents reported they became unsheltered because of Tropical Storm Helene. She also noted that FEMA’s…
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