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Hennepin County's "Point in Time" count of homeless people

Hennepin County's "Point in Time," count of homeless people took place on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 at a homeless encampment off of the 3000 block of Snelling Avenue, near Hiawatha Ave.

By David Joles

January 26, 2023 at 10:11PM
Muad A., a housing access coordinator for The Housing Guy, a social service organization serving Twin Cities adults needing housing and resources, talks to a resident of a homeless encampment in their tent, off of the 3000 block of Snelling Avenue, near Hiawatha Ave.
Residents of a homeless encampment off of the 3000 block of Snelling Avenue, near Hiawatha Ave., during Hennepin County's "Point in Time," count of homeless people Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 in Minneapolis.
Temperatures hung in the single digits during Hennepin County's "Point in Time," count of homeless people at an encampment off of the 3000 block of Snelling Avenue, near Hiawatha Ave. Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 in Minneapolis.
Mim Buckland of the Hennepin County Streets 2 Housing program hands a cup of coffee to a resident of a homeless encampment off of the 3000 block of Snelling Avenue.
Mim Buckland, left, and Randy Flowers, both of the Hennepin County Streets 2 Housing program, look for residents of a homeless encampment off of the 3000 block of Snelling Avenue, near Hiawatha Ave., as part of Hennepin County's "Point in Time," count of homeless people Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 in Minneapolis.
Mim Buckland of the Hennepin County Streets 2 Housing program looks for residents of a homeless encampment off of the 3000 block of Snelling Avenue, near Hiawatha Ave., as part of Hennepin County's "Point in Time," count of homeless people Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 in Minneapolis.
An American flag hangs upside down, seen as a symbol of a nation in distress, in a homeless encampment off of the 3000 block of Snelling Avenue, near Hiawatha Ave., during Hennepin County's "Point in Time," count of homeless people Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 in Minneapolis.
A boot in the snow near a homeless encampment off of the 3000 block of Snelling Avenue, near Hiawatha Ave., during Hennepin County's "Point in Time," count of homeless people Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 in Minneapolis.
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Muad A., a housing access coordinator for The Housing Guy, a social service organization serving Twin Cities adults needing housing and resources, talks to a resident of a homeless encampment in their tent, off of the 3000 block of Snelling Avenue, near Hiawatha Ave. (David Joles, Star Tribune/guest)
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