Housing and Homeless Services

PIT 2024

The Northern Nevada 2024 Point in Time Count was conducted on January 25, 2024. Below please find the data for this year: 

Results

• 1,760 total persons counted
• Increase of 70 total individuals compared to 2023 PIT Count
• Increase of 34 individuals in the unsheltered population
• Increase of 36 individuals in shelters and transitional housing 

Gender breakdown of unsheltered people experiencing homelessness (from those who provided a response):

• Male: 66%
• Female: 32%
• Data not collected: 7%
• Gender that is not singularly Female or Male: 2%

The chart below outlines sheltered and unsheltered data from 2019-2024:

	Sheltered	Unsheltered	Total
1/24/2019	1,030	226	1,256
1/30/2020	772	459	1,231
2/4/2021	928	780	1,708
2/24/2022	1,188	417	1,605
1/26/2023	1,361	329	1,690
1/25/2024	1,397	363	1,760

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Trend Analysis

• While there is a slight increase in the total number of people experiencing homelessness, the total number of people counted is very similar to last year.
  • The PIT count is a one time per year snapshot.
  • Many communities around the county are seeing significant increases.
• Having 90% of providers enter data into HMIS allows us to analyze communitywide trends more frequently than annually.
  • Continued timely data entry is critical to this analysis.
• Utilization overall has increase with Emergency Shelter and Permanent Supportive Housing having higher utilization rates than Transitional Housing.
• If inflow continues to exceed outflow, the total number of people experiencing homelessness will continue to grow.
• Affordable Housing stock for extremely low-income populations (30% or less) must increase to see further improvements in reducing the number of people experiencing homelessness.

Click here to view additional PIT data from 2020-2024. 

Approved Methodology 

The Washoe County Human Services Agency, Division of Housing and Homeless Services (HHS) prepared the following methodologies for adoption by the Northern Nevada Continuum of Care Leadership Council (NNCLC) to administer the 2024 Point in Time Count (PIT). These methodologies were approved on December 5, 2023, and include the following sections:  

• Overview of PIT purpose
• 2024 PIT Count Methodologies
  • Sheltered Count
  • Unsheltered Count 
  • Supplemental Motel Count
• Data Quality and De-duplication Plan

2024 PIT County Methodology document  

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Additional Information 

If you are interested in additional information on Point in Time Count (PIT) , please contact Washoe County Housing and Homeless Services at: RegionalHomelessServices@washoecounty.gov