Amount of homeless on the southwest side of downtown.

I drive on Pierce street right around the same time everyday in downtown during the late evening/night, and there is always quite a bit of homeless.

I’m fairly new to downtown Houston, I moved here from the suburbs about 6 months ago and for the past year or so I’ve seen multiple posts/news stories on how good Houston has been with its homeless efforts and getting them off the streets into housing.

Am I seeing the homeless that refused help? Is the amount of homeless I’m seeing an improvement from what it used to be?

Please excuse my naivety. I’m genuinely curious.