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 havi...
Homelessness in the U.S. jumped 18.1% this year, hitting a record level, with the dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in some regions of the country, federal officialssaidFriday.More than 770,000 ...
outlining the latest statistics around homelessness in the US and the initiatives that the current administration is rolling out in response to what it calls the “post-2016 trend of rising homelessness”.
“Skid Row homeless population originates in South LA – where services and shelters lack resource adequacy and unemployment rates are high among adult men – and policy discussions rarely focus on this trend” (Howard, 4). Los Angeles Skid Row, is known to have the heaviest homeless ...
A rise in family homelessness ended a downward trend that began in 2012. U.S. veterans live in tents displaying the American flag along an empty San Vicente Boulevard amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 21, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Credit: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images) "For th...
But he said the five-year trend compares favorably to neighboring counties and the state of California, which has seen a 20% increase over that span. "And when we compared our surrounding counties, San Diego, L.A., San Bernardino and Riverside, we're seeing their trend is 29%," ...
1. Although homelessness increased slightly – by 0.3% – between 2017 and 2018, it's been on a general downward trend for the past decade, according to theNational Alliance to End Homelessness. In 2018, about 553,000 people were homeless for at least one night, according to the nonprofit...
experiencing homelessness was up by 11%. The report found that 72% of people experiencing homelessness did not have children present, although the number of homeless families with children rose by 25,000 people (or 16%) between 2022 and 2023, ending a downward trend that began in 2012. ...
Methods In this cross-sectional study, to assess the number of deaths among people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco, California, we reviewed records from the San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME).4 The OCME provides forensic death investigation services for the City an...
Amid rising housing prices, the trend towards counter-urbanization, and elevated financial burdens on middle and lower-income homeowners, planning professionals' work is more critical than ever. When people can't afford to live where they work, surrounding areas experience undesirable sprawl. Implement...