Team members conduct Chester County’s Point in Time count, the annual count mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The count was done in January and indicated homelessness dropped by 23 percent since January 2020.

Chester County is claiming success in getting more homeless people into permanent housing. The latest Point in Time count by the Chester County Department of Community Development shows a decrease in homelessness of 23 percent. The count, mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, was taken in the late evening on Jan. 26, to the early morning ...