Each year, the city of Spokane spends a day at the end of January carrying out its Point-in-Time Count, a federally required survey meant to track how many people are experiencing homelessness in the county. Held on Jan. 22, this year’s count found that the county’s homeless population decreased for the second year in a row. Last year, there were 2,021 homeless individuals, including 1,578 sheltered and 443 unsheltered; this year, the city tallied 1,806 homeless individuals, including 1,189 sheltered and 617 unsheltered. “The numbers reinforce what my administration has said from the start — that consistent engagement and a focus on navigating people to treatment, case management, and transitional housing is the right approach,” Mayor Lisa Brown stated. While there was an…..