christ, the numbers from Seattle's annual Point in Time count (which they did skip last year, tbf) are in, and they are bleak:

• The PIT count found 16,385 individuals living homeless in King County.
• This represents a 23% increase (meaning about 3000 additional individuals) compared to the last PIT count conducted in 2022.
• Of those counted, 60% were unsheltered (living outside or in places not meant for human habitation). This also represented an increase compared to 2022, when 57% of those counted were unsheltered.
• These numbers are believed to be an undercount. By contrast, data from the Washington State Department of Commerce estimated 53,000 people experienced homelessness in 2022.