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Committee reviews 2015 point‑in‑time homeless count: modest net increase, older and more service‑intensive population
Summary
A Board committee heard presentations on San Francisco’s 2015 point‑in‑time homeless count, which showed a small overall increase in the citywide total but notable shifts: more older adults, higher behavioral‑health prevalence, and continued success reducing veteran and chronic homelessness. The committee filed the report for transmittal to the full Board.
The committee met to review San Francisco’s 2015 point‑in‑time (PIT) homeless count and related survey findings, hearing from the Human Services Agency and the city’s survey partner about where the numbers changed and what those changes mean for services.
Trent (Human Services Agency) told the committee the PIT count conducted in late January found 6,686 people in the street and shelter‑based count, a roughly 4 percent rise from the prior count (6,436), and noted the count is a HUD‑required, single‑night snapshot used to secure Continuum of Care funds and to plan services. He said the unsheltered component rose substantially (roughly 3,505 people, a ~33 percent increase compared with two years earlier) while a separately collected youth count declined from 914 to 853.
Peter Connery of Applied Survey Research reviewed methodology and reporting standards, noting HUD’s strict PIT definitions exclude many doubled‑up households and some private or inaccessible locations; when all HUD reporting…
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