That’s according to Marc Alexander of the Institute for Human Services.

Press release:

The 2012 Point in Time Count (PITC) just released shows a 10% decline in the number of unsheltered homeless (those living on the streets) in the downtown Honolulu area — the first decrease in at least four years. The data further indicates that there has been an 11% decline in the number of chronically homeless individuals in the downtown Honolulu area. This progress is even more dramatic when it is noted that the year before there was an 11% increase in the chronically homeless in the downtown Honolulu area. …

The progress documented by the PITC data demonstrates the positive impact of the collaboration between IHS and government, business, landlords, other service providers and the community at-large to end and prevent homelessness.

Homeless people along Aala Street, Sept. 14, 2011.