“Volunteers needed for 2025 point-in-time homelessness count in metro Phoenix” (Youngtown is participating, Sun City is not! Could be Sun City is excluded because we're a county island and not a "metro city?" We do have homeless and frequent riverbed "visitors!" Hope we’re eligible to get the maximum amount of funding into our county from the federal coffers to fight the problem.) Excerpts: The Maricopa Association of Governments (https://azmag.gov/) (MAG) is conducting its annual point-in-time (PIT) homelessness count (https://azmag.gov/Programs/Homelessness/Data/Point-In-Time-Homelessness-Count) before the sun rises on Jan. 28. Over 1,000 volunteers are needed to scour alleys, parks, riverbeds, streets, doorways and other areas where unhoused individuals are known to sleep. The work includes conducting brief surveys of people experiencing homelessness. Youngtown Coordinator Gregory Arrington GArrington@youngtownaz.org Full story: https://www.abc15.com/news/local-ne...t-in-time-homelessness-count-in-metro-phoenix List of cities participating: https://azmag.gov/portals/0/Homelessness/PIT-Count/PIT-Count-Coordinator-List-2025.pdf
If interested in volunteering, look on the list of participating cities and contact their coordinator: https://azmag.gov/portals/0/Homelessness/PIT-Count/PIT-Count-Coordinator-List-2025.pdf
An interesting chart which seems to be ranked by the Funding Per capita column. https://www.nhipdata.org/local/upload/file/Table - Funding Per Capita by State.pdf
Nice chart however there is no date and no link to the source of the PDF. If you google (shown at bottom of PDF) Data Source: HUD Exchange Info no info comes up re the chart.
This Carptrash, lots of different data reports on the National Homeless Information Project site, Homeless, HUD, PIT counts, Veterans, etc. https://www.nhipdata.org/
Great article. They discount HUD and PIT information several times and a lot of information is from 2017 but when I have time I'll be curious to look for more current stats.
Someone was curious about the date of the chart I linked to above. It is part of a very interesting (opinion) website about homelessness in America. All the data there seems to be from between 2017 and 2023. https://www.nhipdata.org/ It is a very long article, so for those of you who can only abide news and analysis in sound-bites, don’t bother clicking. Here are a few exerts that struck me. Understanding homelessness demands a more historical understanding of the trends of household formation and composition. The key change in household formation since the 1960s is the rise of single adult households either via divorce, never marrying, or simply out of choice due to the relaxation of strict family and gender norms which previously offered a safety net. The more single adult households you have, the more homelessness will exist. It is really that simple. The last few decades have seen the rise of freedom from previous norms. Freedom begets chaos in a neutral sense. Homelessness is just one of the characteristics of this freedom from norms. The other issue that gets lost in the details of homeless programs is the anti- family policies of the U.S. Department Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which effectively deters the ability of housing-voucher holders to allow family members or friends to live in their HUD-supported unit. It is normative to share housing with others, and it is culturally appropriate to allow people to let their ohana come live with them for a month, a year or however long needed. Tackling the problem of income inequality is also beyond the scope of homeless and housing services. One must remember that there is not a direct correlation between income and homelessness. Women have far less income than men, yet they experience unsheltered homelessness at 1/3 the rate. Women access natural supports more often. People must also realize that living homelessness today, even more so than 20 years ago, has become a normative housing option - especially for people in warm weather climates. When behaviors become normative, it is difficult to change these habits in a society with protected civil rights. In a strict Marxist sense, one could argue that some Blacks and Whites are exercising their civil rights to be free from any societal rules (zoning, housing codes, paying rent) - their homelessness merely being a form of civil disobedience. Explain to the public you cannot end homelessness unless you want a police state. Back to me, I am not sure why the above paragraph represents some sort of “Marxist sense” so if you get it, please let me know.
