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Like many major American cities, Albuquerque has struggled with a homelessness issue that became more visibly problematic since the 2000s. According to Rock at Noon Day, a homeless services center, there were an estimated 4-5,000 homeless living in the Albuquerque metropolitan area as of 2019.
Albuquerque's Health Housing and Homelessness department reported that the city had cleared or cited over 1,000 encampments in January 2024. [124] In the first half of 2024, the city reported taking action on 5,993 encampments, averaging 999 each month.
On average, Joy Junction serves as many as 300 people per day, including as many as 60 to 80 children; over 16,000 meals are provided to the homeless in Albuquerque every month, and 200,000 every year. [2] [7] A thrift shop was also added in 2023. [8] During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, their shelter accommodated an estimated 300 individuals ...
More than 650,000 Americans were homeless in 2023, the latest number available from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. After a period of progress and decline, the U.S. homeless ...
The Houston native had a breakdown and ended up homeless in Albuquerque. The structure offered at the Tiny Home Village has helped her, she said, and Hayes looks forward to getting up in the ...
Sep. 23—Every December, usually on winter solstice — the longest night of the year — nonprofit Health Care for the Homeless holds a memorial service for people who died while homeless.
Albuquerque had a rising murder rate in the early 2020s, with the murder rate surpassing 20 per 100,000 people, as well as a surge of visible homelessness especially in the ID area. In the 1990s, some years the neighborhood would account for over half the city's homicide count, despite being 1-2% of the city's population.
Dec. 12—A longtime social worker who testified in a landmark education lawsuit against the state of New Mexico has been named the next director of Health, Housing and Homelessness for the city ...