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Albuquerque starts seven-day point-in-time count amid signs of rising unsheltered and senior homelessness
Summary
City officials and the Albuquerque Coalition to End Homelessness briefed council on last year’s point-in-time (PIT) count and launched a seven-day PIT count for 2025, noting last year’s count likely undercounted people and showing disproportionate increases among people 55 and older and Native and Black residents.
William Bowen, lead on the Albuquerque point-in-time count for the Albuquerque Coalition to End Homelessness, told the City Council on Jan. 22 that last year’s PIT count found 2,740 people experiencing homelessness in Albuquerque and that the unsheltered figure exceeded 1,000 for the first time.
Bowen said the count is intended to be a one-night census of people experiencing homelessness but that volunteer participation affects results and that the 2,740 figure is likely an undercount. “If we were getting an accurate count, I believe that we would be able to continue adding surveyors and the number would stay static. That's not what we see at…
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