The 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 on Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) data about persons who experience homelessness during a 12-month period, point-in-time counts of people experiencing homelessness on one day in January, and data about the inventory of shelter and housing available in a community.
Please note that as of FY 2018 the AHAR data submission process for CoCs has been replaced by the Longitudinal Systems Analysis (LSA) report submitted via the Homelessness Data Exchange, version 2.0.
2023 AHAR: Part 1 - Point-in-Time Estimates
This report outlines the key findings of the Point-In-Time (PIT) Count and Housing Inventory Count (HIC) conducted in January 2023. Specifically, this report provides 2023 national, state, and CoC-level PIT and HIC estimates of homelessness overall and by household type, as well as estimates of people experiencing chronic patterns of homelessness, veterans experiencing homelessness, and children and unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness.
To view all past AHARs, from 2007 to present, please visit the HUD User website.