The Housing Inventory Count (HIC) provides HUD and BTG with information about the shelter and housing capacity of the homeless crisis response system. It reflects the number of beds and units available as of the Point-in-Time Count date that are dedicated to serve persons who are homeless (and, for permanent housing projects, persons who were homeless at entry), per the HUD homeless definition.
The Point-in-Time Count (PIT) provides an estimate of homelessness on the neighbor islands of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai on a specific night during the last ten days of January each year. The estimate adheres to HUD’s definition of homelessness which includes individuals and families residing in emergency shelters, transitional housing facilities, and people identified as sleeping and living in an unsheltered location on the night of the count.
The Housing Inventory Count (HIC) report is a point-in-time inventory of projects within the CoC that provide beds and units dedicated to serving people who are homeless. It is intended to provide the CoC with information about the shelter and housing capacity of the homeless crisis response system. Each year, the date of the HIC aligns with the CoC’s chosen point-in-time count date. For the purposes of the HIC, a project with dedicated beds and units is one where, 1) The primary intent of the project is to serve persons experiencing homelessness; 2) The project verifies homeless status as part of its eligibility determination; and 3) The actual project clients are predominantly people experiencing homelessness (or, for permanent housing, were experiencing homelessness at entry).