HOUSING INVENTORY COUNT​ AND
POINT-IN-TIME COUNT

Help Make Every Person Count - Volunteer for the PIT Count Today!

The 2026 Point-In-Time (PIT) Count will take place on January 29, 2026, and we’re excited to announce that the online volunteer portal is now open!

Whether you’ve volunteered in past counts or will be joining us for the first time, all volunteers must register through the online portal.

Thank you for being part of the movement to end homelessness in Solano. Together, we can ensure every person counts.

The unsheltered PIT count counts the number of persons who are observed on the street. Housing First Solano does the unsheltered PIT count every two years. The unshletered PIT count has two phases. First, volunteers go out in teams and count the number of persons experiencing homelessness on the street. These teams are guided by navigators who are currently experiencing or recently experienced homelessness. Second, Housing First Solano recruits persons experiencing homelessness to go into the community and collect demographic survey information from persons on the streets. These two data sources are combined to create a report detailing the number of persons experiencing homelessness in Solano.

The unsheltered PIT count is a massive community undertaking that requires a great deal of coordination between service providers, community members, municipal entities, and persons experiencing homelessness. Housing First Solano thanks all of those who assist in this endeavor.

HUD requires each Continuum of Care (CoC) to conduct a biennial census of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness, known as the “Point-in-Time” (PIT) Count. The PIT Count is conducted on a single day/night during the last ten days of January, and is therefore not meant to represent the overall number of individuals who experience homelessness over the course of a year.