The Clermont County Affordable Housing Coalition will be conducting the County’s Annual Point in Time Homeless Count January 25, 2011 – Tuesday – from 12 a.m. thru 11:59 p.m. During this time period, we have been asked to document persons we are aware of who meet the HUD definition of homelessness.
Participation in the Homeless Count helps document the needs of our community and brings additional funding into Clermont County to help these persons faced with multiple challenges. With the current economy, the face of homelessness is changing and numbers are increasing.
Homeless: according to HUD, a person is considered homeless ONLY when he/she resides in one of the places described below at the time of the count:
An unsheltered homeless person resides in:
- A place not meant for human habitation, such as cars, parks, sidewalks, alleys, transportation depots, abandoned buildings, commercial establishments (e.g., movie theaters, laundromats, restaurants), chicken coops or other farm outbuildings, campgrounds, or on the street.
A sheltered homeless person resides in:
- An emergency shelter
- Transitional housing for homeless persons who originally came from the streets or emergency shelters
Emergency shelters (including temporary emergency shelters only open during severe weather) and transitional housing include domestic violence shelters, residential programs for runaway/homeless youth, and any hotel/motel/apartment voucher arrangements paid for by a public/private agency because the homeless person is homeless.
Please contact Sharon Richmond at 732-4840 if you know of anyone who on January 25, 2011 meets this definition.
