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“There’s a long-term trend, even longer than 20 years, even going back to WWII, where the price of modest housing is going up faster than wages. That just makes the homelessness problem worse ...
The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, which federal officials attribute to a rising number of asylum seekers, lack of affordable housing and natural disasters. The U.S ...
Roots of Pierce County homelessness. Tracking our homeless crisis, TNT compares homeless rates here in Pierce County with same-sized Snohomish County. Ours are high and climbing, theirs are going ...
Going back to the first 2007 survey, the U.S. then made steady progress for about a decade in reducing the homeless population as the government focused particularly on increasing investments to ...
In some regards, homeless street outreach merely acts as a bridge or stepping stone to fixed site services that can provide greater support and continuity of care. [ 15 ] A survey of unhoused individuals who engaged with services revealed that there is “improvement in general health, mental health, vitality after street outreach contacts, but ...
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?
Many homeless people do not seek or cannot afford adequate healthcare. In 2003, 47% of homeless individuals had one chronic condition. [citation needed] Health conditions among homeless persons in the Seattle area have included a history of alcohol or substance abuse; more than half had a cardiovascular disease; and a quarter had a mental ...
The Community Shelter Board's annual "point-in-time" count, which took place on Jan. 25, found there were 2,380 people experiencing homelessness locally — up 1.8% from the 2023 count of 2,337 ...