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[102] [103]: 1 Homeless persons in California now number 135,000 (a 15% increase from 2015). [83] A study by the California Housing Partnership found that from 2016 to 2017 homelessness increased by 47 percent in Sacramento County (home to the state's capital, Sacramento), 36 percent in Alameda County, and 13 percent in Santa Clara County.
[1]: 8 Nearly one in four homeless people in the U.S., and 45% of unsheltered homeless people, live in California. [1] Even those who are sheltered are so insecurely: 90% of homeless adults in California spent at least one night without shelter in a six month period. [2]: 53 A statewide housing shortage drives the homelessness crisis.
Homeless families do not always take refuge in shelters, but being homeless also does not necessarily mean living on the streets. Homeless women with children are more likely to live with family or friends than those without children, and this group is treated with higher priority by both the government and society. [144]
The county’s homelessness agency, according to Fisher, looked at historically Black neighborhoods in Austin that had been gentrified and scored homeless people higher if they’d lived in those ...
California’s economy grew at a healthy 3.1% rate from the end of 2022 until the end of 2023, the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis said. There was job growth in some areas.
A year later, few are buying. California’s homelessness ‘solution’ includes $80 million for 1,200 tiny homes that might not even come with a bathroom
These areas with a high concentration of homeless individuals are dirty environments, with little resources for personal hygiene. A 2018 report to congress estimated that 35% of homeless people were in unsheltered locations not suitable for human habitation. [29] There is a bidirectional relationship between homelessness and poor health. [30]
The state’s unemployment agency potentially overpaid an estimated $55 billion in recent years to people who may not have been eligible for jobless benefits, a California state audit has found.