Hays County Commissioners Court heard a presentation by the Hays County Homeless Coalition about the data gathered from the 2023 Point in Time Count and information about the 2024 Point in Time Count at its regularly scheduled meeting last week.
The PIT Count is an annual count mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. It is a census of people experiencing homelessness in Hays County on January 26 of each year. The PIT count allows the government to gather a comprehensive data set of people experiencing homelessness within the state and across the country.
According to the Texas Homeless Network website, there were a total of 180 homeless people during the 2023 PIT count. The demographics are as follows: 63 children under 18 years of age, seven youth from ages 18 to 24, 28 people from ages 25 to 34, 31 people from ages 35 to 44, 27 people from ages 45 to 54, 14 people from ages 55 to 64, 10 people 65 years and older, 21 chronically homeless people and 10 veterans.
