LA CoC Shelter Count & Housing Inventory Count (HIC)

The Shelter Count & Housing Inventory Count (HIC) is a component of the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The HIC is a point-in-time inventory of projects or sites within the Los Angeles Continuum of Care (LA CoC) that provide beds and units dedicated to serving people experiencing homelessness or people who have experienced homelessness.

Nationally, data provided through the HIC process is provided to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to document Los Angeles’ shelter and housing resources. The submission of the HIC to HUD is also a part of Los Angeles’ application for federal funds on an annual basis.

Locally, the LA CoC analyzes HIC data on available and upcoming shelter/housing resources in planning and advocating for our homeless response system. LAHSA shares the completed HIC with Coordinated Entry System (CES) leadership, homeless assistance providers, governmental leaders, advocates, and others helping to end homelessness locally.

The Shelter Count includes all participants who are served and entered shelter projects on or before the date of January 25, 2023. The shelter Count & Housing Inventory Count (HIC) review, data validation, and quality assurance period if from February 1 - February 28, 2023.

• The LA CoC Shelter Count & HIC is available on web forms for each project. The web forms are accessible through your LAHSA account at https://www.lahsa.org/homeless-count/hic.
• To prepare your organization’s Shelter Count & HIC data for submission to LAHSA:
  • HMIS projects:
    • Make sure HMIS is up to date for each project with the people you served that night of Januery 25, 2023.
    • Shelter Count & HIC data that LAHSA has available from HMIS will be displayed on the LA CoC Shelter Count & HIC web forms for you to verify. There is no need to re-enter data into the form. Any issues you find when reviewing the data will need to be corrected through HMIS.
  • Non-HMIS projects:
    • For the night of each project's shelter count, review and update the bed inventory information and the number of occupants that you served the night of January 25, 2023. including certain occupant demographics.

What We Count

Questions or Technical Support

If you have any questions or need technical assistance, please contact HMISSupport@lahsa.org with a detailed description of your questions or concerns. To streamline support operations, please include the URL of the page.

Quick Links

Housing Inventory

• 2022 Housing Inventory Count
• 2021 Housing Inventory Count
• 2020 Housing Inventory Count
• 2019 Housing Inventory Count
• 2018 Housing Inventory - LA CoC
• 2017 Housing Inventory Count
• 2016 Housing Inventory Dataset
• 2015 Housing Inventory Dataset

HIC Data Summary

• 2018 HIC Data Summary - City Of Los Angeles
• 2018 HIC Data Summary - Los Angeles Continuum Of Care
• 2016 HIC Data Summary

Resources

•  Annual Homeless Assessment Reports (AHAR)
•  Point-In-Time and Housing Inventory Count Guides