HOMELESSNESS

Chandler point-in-time total shows work still ahead

Region shows 28% one-year spike for unsheltered people

The Maricopa County Association of Governments’ recently released 2025 point-in-time count shows a small increase in the number of unsheltered homeless in Chandler. It also revealed a huge one-year spike in unsheltered numbers countywide.

Courtesy of Maricopa County Association of Governments

There were 22 more homeless people in Chandler in late January than there were the year prior.

Or to view the Maricopa County Association of Governments’ recently released 2025 point-in-time count another way, organizers have been able to locate at least 115 homeless people in Chandler on the January sampling day, four years in a row.

Or to view the four-year trend yet another way, there continue to be a significant number of homeless people in Chandler.

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