Fairfax County saw an uptick in people experiencing homelessness this past winter, reporting its highest count in more than a decade.
The 2025 Point-in-Time Count conducted by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Homeless Services Planning and Coordinating Committee found 1,322 individuals experiencing homelessness in the county on Jan. 22, 2025 — an increase of 3% or 44 people from last year.
Narrowly surpassing the 1,310 homeless individuals reported in 2023, the 2025 count is Fairfax County’s highest since 2013, when there were 1,350 people experiencing homelessness, according to past COG reports…