Earlier this week, the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) began its federally required point-in-time (PIT) count — an annual estimate of how many people are unhoused in the county. But Andrea Suarez, the executive director and member at large with We Heart Seattle, raised several concerns regarding how the PIT count is conducted. “[The count] adopted a peer-based seed method that taps into social networks for the homeless to turn themselves in over a two-week period and say, ‘Hey, I’m homeless. “The methodology has some benefits, and that allows the surveyors to ask why you’re homeless, what are the barriers?” Suarez continued. That’s how you get an accurate count of people not utilizing services, shelters, tiny houses, and hotels.”Watch the full discussion in the video above.