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New data shows nearly 186,000 people now live on the streets and in homeless shelters in California, proving the crisis continues to grow despite increasing state and local efforts to stem the tide.
The 2017 federally mandated Point in Time count counted 4,792 homeless people, and there were 193 deaths among homeless people, primarily from drug overdoses and suicides. [102] By 2019, the count identified 6,860 homeless people in the county—2,899 in shelters and 3,961 without shelter. [103]
(The Center Square) - Newly released federal data says California’s homeless population grew to 187,084 at the start of 2024, up from 181,399 in 2023, raising questions about the efficacy of the ...
Although homeless people in Mississippi comprise less than 1% of the total US homeless population and there has been a 37% reduction in the number of homeless people in Mississippi from 2010 figures, the state has a comparably high rate of unsheltered homeless people (50%) which is only surpassed by US states such as California, Oregon, Hawaii ...
Between 2023 and 2024, California’s homeless population grew by more than 5,600 people. In Alameda County, there were about 6,300 homeless individuals as of 2024. Nationwide, more than 771,000 ...
Former state assemblyman Mike Gatto, in a 2018 opinion piece, proposed that a new form of detention be created as a method to force mentally ill homeless people and those with a substance use problem (who make up two-thirds of California's homeless population) off the streets and into treatment. [105]
When Trump was first inaugurated in January 2017, there were about 550,000 homeless people nationwide, according to an annual count from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
California had 180,000 homeless people in 2023, more than any other state, and the majority slept outdoors, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. ... USA TODAY. BBC ...