New Reports on Pennsylvania Homelessness

Posted by People’s Emergency Center on March 9, 2015

More Pennsylvanians homeless

PEC recently summarized Pennsylvania-based data on single adult individuals and on families who experienced homelessness from the 2014 release of the Housing Inventory Chart (HIC) and the Point in Time (PIT) counts, with comparison data from 2012, as reported by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Key findings from these two summaries include:

· Overall, there are more Pennsylvanians homeless since 2012.

· Overall, there is more housing for homeless individuals and families.

· There were more homeless “individuals” who are homeless but fewer families.

· There is more housing for homeless individuals but fewer for families, though this depends on the type of housing (emergency, transitional, and permanent supportive)

Read PEC’s summary of the reports can be found here:

· On individuals who are homeless: http://www.pec-cares.org/clientfolders/pdf/Brain%20gain%20PIT%20and%20HIC%202012-2014%20INDIV%202015-02-03.pdf

· On families who are homeless: http://www.pec-cares.org/clientfolders/pdf/BrainGain%20PIT%20and%20HIC%20Counts%202012-2014-%202014-12-03.pdf