PRELIMINARY COUNT SHOWS DECREASE IN HOMELESS POPULATION IN ALAMEDA COUNTY
NEWS Desk Global
May 20
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The 2026 Point-In-Time Count indicates a decrease in the number of homeless individuals in Alameda County, county officials announced Tuesday at a press conference in Oakland.
Preliminary results from the PIT Count show that the number of unhoused people in the county dropped from 9,450 in 2024 to 8,201 in 2026, representing a 13% decline. The proportion of unsheltered homeless people, who are not in any form of emergency, interim, or transitional housing, also decreased by 18%, from 6,343 in 2024 to 5,202 this year.
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