Although the COVID-19 pandemic certainly exacerbated the homelessness crisis, experts agree that the writing was on the wall long before that. Pre-pandemic data issued by HUD revealed a15.6% increase in the nation’s homeless population, and in California, the statistics paint an even grimmer p...
which rose by 26,185 people or 42% from 2022 to 2023 in the HUD count. Los Angeles had the largest number of veterans experiencing homelessness with 3,874, while the Oakland, California, area had the highest percentage of unsheltered veterans with 77.9% unsheltered. ...
Around half of all unshelteredhomeless peoplein the U.S. are located in California. This is despite the fact that some areas in the state have recently stopped counting unhoused homeless populations, as has Seattle. The rates of unsheltered homeless populations are also high in other states ...
A new study by the University of California, San Francisco shows that homeless people in California were struggling with poor health and deep poverty before becoming homeless.
Between 2022 and 2023, New Hampshire saw thehighest increase in the number of homeless people. However, California was the state with thehighest number of homeless people, followed by New York and Florida. The vast amount of homelessness in California is a result of multiple factors, one of ...
The Los Angeles Homeless Initiativeestimates that as of 2022, the county is lacking about 499,430 affordable homes. In 2022, UCLA became the first University of California campus to guarantee housing for students, but the policy does not extend to professors. ...
In 2022, Kushel led the most comprehensive homelessnesssurvey done to date in California. This survey reported nearly 80% of people experiencing homelessness said that they had spent the most time while homeless in the prior six months in unsheltered settings (...
For all those people who refuse to rent a hotel room when a drug user or criminal trying to stay off the grid is in the next room we will have the State of California confiscate your savings and checking accounts. “Housing is a human right” ...
The U.S. homeless population rose to more than 771,000 on a single night counted in late January 2024, according to the latest release of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’sAnnual Homelessness Assessment Report. The number equates to an 18% increase over 2023’s total...
A group of homeless people in an encampment in San Jose jumped into action to help a neighbor named George who lost almost everything in a recent fire.