Orange County’s homeless population has decreased nearly 17 percent since 2019, according to a report released by the county on May 11.
Of the 5,718 homeless individuals reported in the 2022 point-in-time count (pdf), about 53 percent were unsheltered. The last point-in-time count in 2019 reported 6,860 homeless individuals, with about 58 percent unsheltered.
“We’re encouraged by this reduction but understand that we still have plenty of work in front of us,” Doug Becht, the county’s director of the Office of Care Coordination for homeless services, said at a May 11 press conference.
Becht credited the drop in the homeless population to the county’s ramped-up efforts to address homelessness since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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