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The following report was written in compliance with ordinance O2023-1011. The Annual Homelessness Report is intended to educate and inform members of the Chicago City Council and the public on the City’s housing and homeless systems and provide the most recent available data and outcomes to show the progress those systems are making, based on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s commitment to the unhoused community. This report is structured to follow the US Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH)’s Principles for Addressing Encampments as a framework, which is required by ordinance. The report below outlines the current state of homelessness in Chicago based on year-end data from 2024 and the 2025 Point-in-Time Count (PIT) that took place on January 23, 2025. It also details the activities that the Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS), the Department of Housing (DOH) and other City departments and sister agencies conduct to engage with people living at encampments and other places not suitable for habitation, with the goal of moving people into permanent housing.