AHAR Reports, Guides, Tools, and WebinarsThe Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) is a HUD report to the U.S. Congress that provides nationwide estimates of homelessness, including information about the demographic characteristics of homeless persons, service use patterns, and the capacity to house homeless persons. The report is based primarily on Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) data about persons who experience homelessness during a 12-month period.
Homelessness: A Common Vocabulary Could Help Agencies Collaborate and Collect More Consistent DataFederal agencies, including the Departme
nts of Education (Education), Health
and Human Services (
HHS), and Housing and Urban Development (HUD),
collect data on homelessness. However, these data are incomplete, do not
track certain demographic information well over time, and are not always
timely. HUD collects data and estima
tes the number of people who are
homeless on a given night during the ye
ar and the number who use shelters
over the course of the year; these es
timates include the people who meet the
definition of homelessness for HUD’s prog
rams, but do not include all of those
who meet broader definitions of homele
ssness used by some other agencies’
programs.
HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) Homeless Assistance Programs Housing Inventory Count ReportsContinuum of Care (CoC) Homeless Assistance Programs Housing Inventory Count Reports provide a snapshot of a CoC’s HIC, an inventory of housing conducted annually during the last ten days in January, and are available at the national and state level, as well as for each CoC. The reports tally the number of beds and units available on the night designated for the count by program type, and include beds dedicated to serve persons who are homeless as well as persons in Permanent Supportive Housing. New for this year, the reports also include data on beds dedicated to serve specific sub-populations of persons
