More People Counted As Experiencing Homelessness This Year The number of people experiencing homelessness in Indianapolis increased this year. There were 1,928 individuals counted in the 2021 Point-in-Time Count, a 21 percent increase over 2020. The count, held in January each year, is a tally of anyone experiencing homelessness in a single night. The 2021 count was done over the course of five days to avoid COVID-19 contact. The Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention, CHIP, conducts the count and Executive Director Chelsea Haring-Cozzi said the expanded time frame likely caught more people. “Particularly in terms of the unsheltered count is also contributing to seeing an increase in unsheltered homelessness,” Haring-Cozzi said.