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The annual federal "point-in-time" homelessness count is used in California to determine funding and gauge progress in getting people off the streets.

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The federal point-in-time count is months overdue Topline:

Every December, the federal government releases a report that reveals the number of homeless residents in each state and across the country.

The Trump administration downplayed the decline in homelessness, contending far more people are on the streets today than a decade ago.

The Trump administration downplayed the decline in homelessness, contending far more people are on the streets today than a decade ago.

The number of people with nowhere to call home decreased both in California and nationwide last year, according to a long-awaited federal report.

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