US homelessness hits highest level as rents have soared - CNN
Dec 16, 2023 · Homelessness grew by 12% in 2023 from last year, meaning 70,650 more people were unhoused. As housing in the US has become increasingly unaffordable over the past few years, the number of people...
Supreme Court allows punishment for homeless sleeping : NPR
Jun 28, 2024 · In its biggest decision on homelessness in decades, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that cities can ban people from sleeping and camping in public places.
Homelessness in the U.S. hit a record high last year : NPR
Dec 15, 2023 · Homelessness in America spiked last year, reaching a record high, according to an annual count that provides a snapshot of one night in January. The report, released today by the department of...
US homelessness hits its highest reported level | AP News
Dec 15, 2023 · The United States has experienced a 12% increase in homelessness, to its highest reported level. Federal officials Friday said soaring rents and a winding down of coronavirus pandemic assistance combined to put housing out of reach for more Americans.
Chronic homelessness is at an all-time high. Here’s why it ... - PBS
Dec 22, 2023 · The number of people experiencing chronic homelessness in the United States continued to climb in 2023, hitting the highest level for the second year in a row since data collection efforts began...
Homelessness in America reaches record level amid rising ... - CBS News
Dec 15, 2023 · Homelessness in America reached a new record earlier this year partly due to a "sharp rise" in the number of people who became homeless for the first time, federal officials said Friday.
4 reasons why homelessness keeps going up : NPR
Jul 12, 2023 · Advocacy groups and researchers say a big driving force is the decline of affordable housing, a problem decades in the making but one that has grown significantly worse in the past few years. Here...
Homelessness hits its highest reported level as rents soar ... - NBC News
Dec 15, 2023 · WASHINGTON — The United States experienced a dramatic 12% increase in homelessness as soaring rents and a decline in coronavirus pandemic assistance combined to put housing out of reach for more...
Why it’s so hard to end homelessness in America
Jan 24, 2024 · Scholars, healthcare workers, and homeless advocates agree that two major contributing factors are poverty and a lack of affordable housing, both stubbornly intractable societal challenges. But they add that hard-to-treat psychiatric issues and substance-use disorders also often underlie chronic homelessness.
Homelessness in America grew in 2023 as cost of living ballooned
Dec 15, 2023 · Tens of thousands more people in the U.S. were homeless in 2023 compared with 2022 as high costs of living pushed some of the most vulnerable Americans into shelters and the streets....