“While the world is no longer in a pandemic, we are beginning to feel the full economic fallout of the COVID-19 era,” shared Jamie Rife, the head of MDHI. The count was conducted during a particularly cold night, which advocates feared might skew the count. The information helps local and federal governments understand how many people are experiencing homelessness and their demographic breakdown. This was the Denver version of the annual Point-in-Time Count led locally by the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (MDHI) on behalf of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. Of those, 5,818 were in the city and county of Denver alone. In total, 9,065 people were counted in Denver, Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Jefferson, Douglas and Boulder Counties - a 31.7% hike from last year. 30, volunteers attempted to count every person experiencing homelessness in Metro Denver - both those living outside and in indoor shelters.
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