Adults experiencing homelessness face a lack of affordable housing and suitable economic opportunities. State and federally funded homelessness and housing services can help address these conditions. Using linked administrative data from Washington State to identify adults experiencing homelessness in State Fiscal Year 2023, this report estimates the percentage who accessed state or federally funded homelessness or housing services as recorded in the Department of Commerce’s Homeless Management Information System (HMIS). Of the estimated 186,469 adults experiencing homelessness in SFY 2023, 24 percent received housing services, but rates differed by county, race/ethnicity, and age, signaling potential disparities in housing services access.
