Since 1995, the Pasadena Partnership to End Homelessness has served as the lead agency for the Pasadena Continuum of Care. The Continuum of Care (CoC) is a planning process implemented by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 1994. As one of the largest sources of federal funding for programs that address the needs of people who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless, HUD recognized the need for a more coordinated, collaborative, and community-driven approach to allocating resources to communities. The Continuum of Care process is the process by which communities identify local needs, develop strategies, and submit a single application to HUD for funding for programs designed to meet the needs in the community.

The Pasadena Partnership is governed by a Board of Directors composed of representatives from the community. In its role as the lead agency for the CoC, the Pasadena Partnership promotes integrated, community-wide strategies and plans to prevent and end homelessness; provides coordination among the numerous local organizations and initiatives that serve the homeless population, and manage the CoC’s single, comprehensive grant application to HUD for McKinney-Vento funding which includes Continuum of Care funds and State Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds.

Our Mission

The Pasadena Partnership to End Homelessness is dedicated to planning and developing evidence-based strategies to prevent and end homelessness in Pasadena, CA.

The Pasadena Partnership develops strategies to end homelessness, manages the CoC's grant application to HUD for Continuum of Care funds and State Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds, and increases public education and participation.

Board of Directors

The Pasadena Partnership is governed by a Board of Directors composed of representatives from the community who together provide proactive leadership that engages policy makers as well as the community to work to end homelessness in Pasadena.

We believe that the solution to homelessness in Pasadena is simple: permanent housing. In our role as the lead agency for the CoC, the Pasadena Partnership promotes integrated, community-wide strategies to prevent and end homelessness.

Homeless Count Reports

How many people are currently homeless in Pasadena? How many of them are families, youth, or veterans? The answers to these questions and more can be answered by our annual point-in-time counts. This count, called the Homeless Count & Subpopulation Survey, provides a snapshot of homelessness in our community on one day. The count includes people who are both temporarily sheltered (e.g. emergency shelters and transitional housing) and unsheltered.

Point-in-time counts are important because they establish the dimensions of the problem of homelessness in our community and help us to plan services and programs to appropriately address our local needs, track our progress towards our goal of ending homelessness, and identify strengths and gaps in a community’s current homelessness assistance system.

2023

While the exact number of people without homes on any given night fluctuates, 556 people were unhoused on the night of the 2023 Homeless Count, a 9% increase over 2022.

2023 Homeless Count

2022

On the night of the 2022 Homeless Count, 512 people were experiencing homelessness in Pasadena. While the exact number of people without homes fluctuates throughout the year, the count reveals a continued leveling off of the average number of people experiencing homelessness over the past three years.

2022 Homeless Count

2020

On the night of the 2020 Homeless Count, there were a total of 527 people experiencing homelessness in Pasadena, which remains relatively unchanged from 2019 (n=542). While the exact number of people experiencing homelessness fluctuates on a daily basis, generally Pasadena’s numbers are flat compared to 2019 and following a steady downward trend since 2011.

2020 Homeless Count

2019

On the night of the 2019 Homeless Count, there were 542 people experiencing homelessness in Pasadena. This snapshot in time represents a 20% decrease from 2018 (n=677) and demonstrates that continued support for strategic efforts to address homelessness has the capability to yield encouraging results.

2019 Homeless Count

2018

On the night of the 2018 Pasadena Homeless Count, there were 677 people experiencing homelessness. That number is 18% more than in 2017 (575) and 28% more than in 2016 (530).

2018 Homeless Count

2017

The 2017 Homeless Count was conducted on Wednesday, January 24, 2017 and found 575 homeless persons in the City of Pasadena. This year’s count showed a 53% decrease in homelessness since 2011.

2017 Homeless Count

2016

The 2016 Homeless Count was conducted on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 and found 530 homeless persons in the City of Pasadena. This year’s count showed a 56% decrease in homelessness since 2011.

2016 Homeless Count

2015

The 2015 Homeless Count was conducted on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 and found 632 homeless persons in the City of Pasadena. This year’s count showed a 48% decrease in homelessness since 2011.

2015 Homeless Count

2015 Pasadena Homelessness Infographic