How do you count the homeless population in one night?
2,172 views · Published 30 January 2015 · 3:45 · Indexed 29 September 2026
Channel: PBS NewsHour · 2015 · People & Blogs
Nearly 300 volunteers had until 2 a.m. to find and and survey every homeless person they can find on the streets of Washington, D.C., one of 18 assigned areas nationwide. It’s part of Department of Housing and Urban Development’s annual point-in-time count of the homeless. Last year, HUD counted a nationwide total of 578,424 homeless, 7,748 of whom lived in the District.
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