The Point-in-Time (PIT) count is a count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons on a single night in January. These counts reveal the number of homeless persons in our shelters and on our streets at a single point-in-time. Each count is planned, coordinated, and carried out locally.

This page contains official HUD guidance and information related to the Point-in-Time (PIT) Count and Housing Inventory Count (HIC).

Volunteer Information

Get Involved!

• Visit the OneCPD Resource Exchange News section to learn how you can get involved in your local PIT Count.
• View the Public Service Announcement presented by Cyndi Lauper in a joint effort by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the True Colors Fund's Forty to None Project.

CoCs and Grantees Information

Instructions and Guidance

• 2013 HIC and PIT Data Submission Guidance
• 2013 HIC and PIT Data Collection Guidance
• 2013 Supplemental Guidance on Counting Homeless Youth
• A Guide to Counting Sheltered Homeless People
• A Guide to Counting Unsheltered Homeless People

Webinars

• View recordings of PIT and HIC webinars on the HUD HRE Learning Center.

Outreach Materials

• 2013 PIT Poster

Listserv Announcements

Receive HIC and PIT Listserv messages by joining the OneCPD Listserv. On the sign-up form, be sure to select "CoC" from the program list.

Previous Year PIT and HIC Data, Reports, and Guidance

Search for community data in HUD Population/Subpopulation reports and the Housing Inventory on the Homelessness Reports Page of the HRE.

View PIT and HIC Guidance from previous years:

• 2012 Guidance
• 2011 Guidance