DENVER — For the first time in nine years, Denver has recorded a decrease in overall homelessness, the city announced Wednesday morning.
The data came from the annual Point-In-Time (PIT) Count, which is a nationwide effort to track the number of sheltered and unsheltered homelessness on a single night in January. In Denver, Metro Denver Homeless Initiative leads this charge. The City of Denver reported that this year’s results “show significant reductions in homelessness across every major category.”
The 2026 PIT Count, held on Jan. 26, found that overall homelessness dropped by 12.5% compared to the 2025 PIT Count, which is the first documented instance of a decrease in overall homelessness in nearly a decade, the city reported.
This year’s count found 518 people living outside in Denver, which is a 64% decrease from 2023…