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The results of the agency’s survey — which measured the state of homelessness on one night in January 2024 — reveals homelessness has surged among nearly every demographic, including more ...
The historic increase of homelessness reported by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2024 was largely the result of tens of thousands of immigrants arriving in a handful of ...
The number for January 2024 is 18.1% higher than in 2023, when officials counted about 650,000 people living in homeless shelters or in parks and on streets. In 2022, the population of people ...
States with higher scores tend to have comprehensive plans to end homelessness, entities dedicated to youth homelessness, and laws that protect the rights and dignity of homeless youth. The index has noted an improvement in state scores over time, indicating a growing awareness and response to the issue of youth homelessness. [7] [1] [6]
A homeless woman in Washington, D.C., 2006 A homeless man sleeping across the street from the Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver, 2018. In the United States, the number of homeless people on a given night in January 2024 was more than 770,000 according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. [4]
In April 2024 more than 100 people living in 70 vehicles were removed from Wilbur Avenue. [27] In November 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom announced an allocation of $300 million by the state of California to clear encampments near highways. [28] Between July 2021 and November 2023, the state of California cleared 5,679 encampments. [29]
Mental illness in Alaska is a current epidemic that the state struggles to manage. The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness stated that as of January 2018, Alaska had an estimated 2,016 citizens experiencing homelessness on any given day while around 3,784 public school students experienced homelessness over the course of the year as well. [10]
Today, 26% of the state’s unhoused population is Black, while African Americans make up just 7% of the state’s population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.