After 20 years, Lane County officials have announced that they’ll stop using the Point-in-Time count this year for gauging homelessness.
Since 2005, the county’s conducted annual counts of sheltered individuals, and biennial counts of those without shelter in areas where unhoused people are known to congregate.
But Jason Davis, public information officer for Lane County Health and Human Services, told KLCC that the Homeless Management Information System and its By Name List launched in 2019 are now considered more reliable…