Orange County

Housing

Housing units completed 2019 - 2023

33,667

Homelessness

Unsheltered homelessness change since 2023

Arrow up icon, which represents negative trend36.5%

Behavioral health

Number of people enrolled in Full-Service Partnerships

2,196
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HOMELESSNESS

METRICS

Orange COUNTY IS SERVED BY

Santa Ana, Anaheim/Orange County Continuum of Care

7,322

PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN 2024

red arrow up icon, which represents negative trend 21%

since 2023

4,173

PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED IN 2024

red arrow up icon, which represents negative trend 36.5%

since 2023

9,751

TOTAL YEAR-ROUND BEDS IN 2024

red arrow down icon, which represents negative trend 2.5%

since 2023

Orange County’s plan to reduce homelessness

STATE PROGRAM SNAPSHOT

Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) funding rounds 1-5

$152.7 million

HHAP funding awarded in the Orange area 2019 - 2025

Of this, $36 million went directly to Orange County. So far, they have:

  • Obligated $25.5 million
  • Spent $12.9 million

From January 2023 to December 2024, HHAP funding in the area:

CONNECTED
18,312 PEOPLE
TO SERVICES
HOUSED
2,036 PEOPLE

Caltrans Encampment Removals:

416 ENCAMPMENTS REMOVED
IN Orange COUNTY from July 1, 2021
to July 3, 2025

Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) - rounds 1-3, January 2022 to December 2024

$8.7 million

ERF FUNDING AWARDED IN THE Orange AREA

Of this, $3.6 million went directly to Orange county. So far, they have:

  • Obligated $3.6 million
  • Spent $3.6 million

ERF projects in the area have:

SERVED
111 PEOPLE*
AS OF December 2024

* Not all grantees in Continuum of Care reporting as of December 2024

Contact the Orange County Board of Supervisors for more information.

Data last updated 2025-07-09

Note: Some data may only update yearly. See Data sources for more details.