The count occurs every two years with most Bay Area counties counting during even-numbered years. Santa Clara County, which conducted its Point-In-Time tally last year, will not count again until 2025.
Despite volunteers' efforts to be as thorough as possible, the count is widely seen as underestimating the number of homeless individuals. The most recent counts for the five-county Bay Area show around 31,000 people with no permanent place to live on any given night, a figure that has increased 7% since 2019. About 70% are considered unsheltered.
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