Portland State University PDXScholar Regional Research Institute Regional Research Institute 4-2019 2019 Point-in-Time: Count of Homelessness in Portland/ Gresham/Multnomah County, Oregon City of Portland Home Forward A Home for Everyone Multnomah County City of Gresham See next page for additional authors Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy . Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/rri_facpubs Part of the Social Welfare Commons, Urban Studies Commons, and the Urban Studies and Planning Commons Citation Details City of Portland; Home Forward; A Home for Everyone; Multnomah County; City of Gresham; Conklin, Tiffany Renée; Mulder, Cameron; and Regional Research Institute, Portland State University, "2019 Point-in-Time: Count of Homelessness in Portland/ Gresham/Multnomah County, Oregon" (2019). Regional Research Institute. 63. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/rri_facpubs/63 This Report is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Regional Research Institute by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors City of Portland; Home Forward; A Home for Everyone; Multnomah County; City of Gresham; Tiffany Renée Conklin; Cameron Mulder; and Regional Research Institute, Portland State University This report is available at PDXScholar: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/rri_facpubs/63 2019 POINT-IN-TIME Count of Homelessness in Portland/Gresham/Multnomah County, Oregon 1 of 61 Contents 1. Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................... 5 2. Introduction................................................................................................................................................. 9 3. Methodology ............................................................................................................................................... 9 3.1. What the PIT Count Does and Does Not Tell Us ............................................................................... 10 4. Overall Results ......................................................................................................................................... 11 4.1. Change over Time in HUD Homelessness ........................................................................................ 11 4.1.1. Unsheltered Population .............................................................................................................. 12 4.1.2. Emergency Shelter ..................................................................................................................... 13 4.1.3. Transitional Housing ................................................................................................................... 13 4.1.4. PIT Numbers in Context: Efforts to End & Prevent Homelessness ............................................. 13 5. Demographics .......................................................................................................................................... 15 5.1. Race & Ethnicity ................................................................................................................................ 15 5.1.1. Change over Time ...................................................................................................................... 17 5.1.2. Gender ....................................................................................................................................... 21 5.1.3. Age Groups ................................................................................................................................ 22 5.2. Gender .............................................................................................................................................. 23 5.2.1. Change over Time ...................................................................................................................... 23 5.3. Age Groups ....................................................................................................................................... 24 5.3.1. Change over Time ...................................................................................................................... 25 5.4. Household Composition .................................................................................................................... 27 5.4.1. Change over Time ...................................................................................................................... 27 5.4.2. Race & Ethnicity ......................................................................................................................... 29 5.4.2.1. Change over Time ............................................................................................................... 32 5.5. Chronic Homelessness ...................................................................................................................... 33 5.5.1. Change over Time ...................................................................................................................... 34 5.5.2. Race & Ethnicity ......................................................................................................................... 35 5.5.2.1. Change over Time ............................................................................................................... 36 5.6. Disabling Conditions .......................................................................................................................... 37 5.6.1. Change over Time ...................................................................................................................... 38 5.6.1.1. Race & Ethnicity .................................................................................................................. 41 5.7. Domestic Violence ............................................................................................................................. 41 5.7.1. Change over Time ...................................................................................................................... 42 5.7.2. Gender ....................................................................................................................................... 43 5.7.3. Race & Ethnicity ......................................................................................................................... 43 5.8. Veteran Status ................................................................................................................................... 44 5.8.1. Change over Time ...................................................................................................................... 45 5.8.2. Race & Ethnicity ......................................................................................................................... 46 2 of 61 6. Additional Analysis ................................................................................................................................... 47 6.1. First-Time Homelessness .................................................................................................................. 47 6.1.1. Change over Time ...................................................................................................................... 47 6.1.2. Race & Ethnicity ......................................................................................................................... 47 6.2. Length of Time Homeless .................................................................................................................. 49 6.2.1. Change over Time ...................................................................................................................... 49 6.3. Geographic Locations ........................................................................................................................ 50 6.3.1. Change over Time ...................................................................................................................... 51 6.3.1.1. Chronic Homelessness........................................................................................................ 52 6.4. People Sleeping in Tents ................................................................................................................... 53 6.5. Migration ........................................................................................................................................... 53 6.6. Additional Demographic Analysis ...................................................................................................... 55 7. Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................... 55 8. Notes on Analytic Methodology ................................................................................................................ 56 8.1. People Missing from the PIT .............................................................................................................. 56 8.1.1. Doubled-Up Population .............................................................................................................. 56 8.1.2. Non-Participants ......................................................................................................................... 56 8.1.3. People Not Found .....................................................................................................................