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The homeless population totaled 2,036 in 2019. This reflected roughly a 7% increase from 2018, including a 17.5% decrease in the sheltered homeless population. Columbus' homeless population is made up of 35.3% of families with children and 3.7% of homeless youth. [18]
Shannon Isom, president and CEO of the Community Shelter Board, announces the results of the 2024 annual "point-in-time" count of those experiencing homelessness in Columbus and Franklin County on ...
HUD's 2023 Annual Homeless Assessment Report estimated that approximately 653,100 people were experiencing homelessness on a single night in 2023 — a 12% increase (or about 70,650 more people ...
A 2023 "point-in-time" count showed an all-time high for the issue of homelessness, the city said. Columbus’ homeless population increased by 46%, with a 22% overall increase in residents in ...
The YMCA of Central Ohio also provides shelter to the homeless and those at risk of homelessness. The organization maintains two shelters: Franklin Station and the Van Buren Center. [ 9 ] In March 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic , the Community Shelter Board and YMCA together created a new homeless shelter for those who have symptoms or test ...
Although unchanged in recent years, the homeless population in Ohio has seen a 5.4% decrease since 2007. Since 2007, Ohio has seen the fourth largest decrease in chronic homelessness, with 1,285, or 55.7%, of the chronically homeless population escaping the cycle.
A recent Brookings Metro study says rising cost of housing in Columbus and across the country plays a role in homelessness. Columbus better than most cities on homelessness, but problem persists ...
Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /, kə-LUM-bəs) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio.With a 2020 census population of 905,748, [10] it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest (after Chicago), and the third-most populous U.S. state capital (after Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas).