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One study estimated that roughly 64% of homeless women participated in unprotected sex, and 60% are infected by one or more STDs such as chlamydia, herpes, genital warts, gonorrhea, syphilis, or trichomonas, with the most prevalent being Human papillomavirus (HPV). The contraction rate of HIV/AIDS to be three times higher in homeless women than ...
Local leaders say part of the problem is becoming homeless in the first place and economic disadvantages that drive more Black people into homelessness, including placement in foster care and ...
Shelter said lone mothers are hit the hardest, with barriers blocking them from additional support for their families.
Homelessness in Tarrant County spiked about 50 percent from 2021 to 2022. About 43 percent of those experiencing homelessness were Black. Why did homelessness skyrocket in 2022?
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 Harris county, substance use accounts for less than 10% of homelessness and economic crises, like job loss or bill increases, account for more than 50% of homelessness. [250] In 2023, interviews from a local Houston Homelessness Coalition found that 41% of unsheltered persons had been homeless for 3 years or longer, while only 12% of the ...
According to HUD’s annual point-in-time survey, homelessness rose by 18% in 2023 and has increased 36% since 2019. More than 770,000 individuals in our country have been experiencing ...
The number who were "chronically homeless" (homeless for more than a year with a disabling condition) increased to 32,000 people. [75] 25% reported experiencing severe mental illness, and 30% reported having a substance use disorder. [75] 43% were Latino, 31% Black, 2% Asian. [75] A 2018 count found 565 homeless Native Americans in L.A. County ...