America's Homeless Population on the Rise According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's latestreport on homelessnessin the United States, 653,104 Americans were homeless in 2023. Last year,levels of homelessnessclimbed for the sixth year. While in 2017 and 2018, growth ...
The increase contributed to young people making up a larger share of the homeless population, with individuals 24 and younger accounting for more than 1 of every 4 people experiencing homelessness in 2024. As in previous years, the country’s major cities had the largest proportion...
Urban Development calculates the homeless population by counting the number of people on the streets and the number of people in homeless shelters on one night each year. According to this count, Los Angeles City and New York City are thecities with the most homeless peoplein the United States...
California, the most populous state in the U.S., continued to have the nation's largest homeless population, followed by New York, Washington, Florida and Massachusetts. The sharp increase in the homeless population over the past two years contrasts with success the U.S. had been having ...
The largest increase North Carolina has experienced is with the unsheltered homeless population, Agard said. “These are our most vulnerable people, and that increase was 31.4% from 2023 to 2024. There are over 4,500 [North Carolinians] in 2024 who were counted as unsheltered. ...
The City of Sacramento blew through $57 Million on homeless spending in 2023. But the city has even more homeless drug addicts living on city streets than just a few years ago. “The significant growth of the Sacramento homeless population has devoured resources, strained relationships, provoked ...
Volunteers counting the homeless population across Denver area, released 2023 findings Volunteers counting the homeless population across Denver area, released 2023 findings 01:28 Volunteers from multiple agencies and organizations are counting people who are experiencing homelessness. This means they are ...
Older adults constitute the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population in the US. Previous research has found older homeless adults to have more chronic conditions, premature mortality, greater odds of physical disability, and experience accelerated aging compared to housed populations. To inform...
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 ...
The homeless population most visible to society at large issingle adults. And the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's definition of “homeless” – people living in shelters or places not meant for human habitation –excludes most families, who are usually unsafely “doubled up”...