Summary of 2025 Sheltered PIT Count

by | Sep 18, 2025

Table titled ‘The Northern Nevada Continuum of Care.’ The table compares Point in Time Count data from January 30, 2020 through January 22, 2025 across multiple categories. Number of persons on the street, along the river and in parks: 459 in 2020, 780 in 2021, 417 in 2022, 329 in 2023, 363 in 2024, and no unsheltered count in 2025. Gender breakdowns are listed, including males, females, transgender, and non-binary/questioning categories. Age breakdown of persons on the street: Majority are over age 24 in every year with smaller counts in ages 18–24 and very few under 18. Veterans and chronically homeless: Numbers vary, with a high of 100 chronically homeless in 2022 and 17 veterans in 2024. Persons counted in emergency or transitional housing: Increases from 772 in 2020 to a peak of 1,397 in 2024, then slightly down to 1,389 in 2025. Emergency shelter bed inventory and utilization: Beds increase from 1,069 in 2022 to 1,263 in 2025, with utilization ranging 88–94%. Transitional housing beds: Range from 329 in 2022 to 433 in 2025, utilization between 55% and 78%. Permanent supportive housing: Ranges from 182 to 538 beds, utilization between 77% and 98%. Persons in weekly motels: Declines from 2,997 in 2020 to 1,071 in 2024, with no motel count conducted in 2025.

Methodology Summary – Please note that there was no unsheltered count for 2025

Conducted annually as required by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development

  • Must be conducted during the last 10 days in January unless a waiver is granted
    • Statewide, the PIT count was conducted on January 22, 2025
    • 1,389 total person counted (emergency shelter and transitional housing)
    • Decrease of 8 individuals compared to 2024 PIT Count Sheltered Totals
      • 947 Male (68%), 429 Female (31%), 13 Gender that is not singularly ‘Female’ or ‘Male’ (e.g., non-binary, genderfluid, agender, culturally specific gender); Transgender; and Questioning,
    • 1,106 in emergency shelter (decrease of 25 individuals from 2024)
    • 283 in transitional housing (increase of 17 individuals from 2024)

Sheltered data is gathered through HMIS and agency submissions

Bar chart titled ‘2019–2025 Point in Time’ with the subtitle ‘PIT Count Sheltered and Unsheltered 2019–2024.’ The x-axis shows annual count dates from 1/24/2019 through 1/22/2025. The y-axis ranges from 0 to 2000. Each year has two stacked bars: dark blue for sheltered individuals and purple for unsheltered. Data: • 2019 – Sheltered 1,030, Unsheltered 226 • 2020 – Sheltered 712, Unsheltered 489 • 2021 – Sheltered 926, Unsheltered 780 • 2022 – Sheltered 1,168, Unsheltered 417 • 2023 – Sheltered 1,361, Unsheltered 329 • 2024 – Sheltered 1,397, Unsheltered 363 • 2025 – Sheltered 1,369, Unsheltered count not shown. Washoe County logo appears in the top right corner.

Slide titled ‘Bed Utilization’ with Washoe County logo. On the left, bullet points list bed availability and utilization rates: Emergency Shelter – 1,263 beds, 88% utilization; Transitional Housing – 433 beds, 64% utilization; Permanent Supportive Housing – 538 beds, 92% utilization; All Bed Types – 1,696 beds, 85% utilization. On the right, a bar chart shows utilization percentages from 2022 to 2025 for Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, and Permanent Supportive Housing. Emergency Shelter remains high near 90%, Permanent Supportive Housing consistently highest around 90–100%, and Transitional Housing lowest, ranging from about 55% to 78%.

Conclusions

  • While there is a slight decrease in the total number of people experiencing homelessness, the total number of people counted is very similar to last year
    • The PIT count is one time per year snapshot
    • Many communities around the country are seeing significant increases
  • Having 90% of providers enter data into HMIS allows us to analyze communitywide trends more frequently than annually
    • Continued timely data entry is critical to this analysis
  • Utilization overall has increased with Emergency Shelter and Permanent Supportive Housing having higher utilization rates than Transitional Housing
  • If inflow continues to exceed outflow, the total number of people experiencing homelessness will continue to grow
  • Affordable Housing stock for extremely low-income populations (30% or less) must increase to see further improvements in reducing the number of people experiencing homelessness

Inflow vs. Outflow

  • Inflow is people falling into homelessness, outflow is when people are housed or become inactive in the system
  • The number of people experiencing homelessness will increase when inflow exceeds outflow
  • When people fall into homelessness, emergency shelter is utilized to meet the immediate need of providing shelter while more permanent solutions are pursued
  • Ideally, inflow would be zero in our community
    • Second to that goal, we want to be able to house people who fall into homelessness quickly