Point In Time Count

Government, Politics & Issues

Homeless residents in Midwest cities are increasingly hard to track — and to help

Kavahn Mansouri

Each year, volunteers venture out nationwide on a single night for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s point-in-time count in an effort to tally the country’s homeless population. Rural volunteers say they rely on the count to aid their unhoused populations. Meanwhile, experts say HUD may be undercounting.