Housing Inventory Count and Point-in-Time Count

These measurements are called Point-in-Time Counts (PIT), as they occur during one day in the last ten days of January.
HUD also requires the annual completion of a Housing Inventory Count (HIC), which provides an overview of a community’s homeless program inventory. The HIC must be completed on the same day as the PIT Count.

We encourage all homeless services providers within the Ohio BoSCoC to participate in the annual Point in Time Count. COHHIO helps coordinate the counts with local agencies, who depend on volunteers to conduct outreach to people living in shelters, transitional housing, and those who are living on the land.