Published 2 years ago

Annual Count of Homeless in San Diego County Finds 10% Increase Over 2 Years

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Volunteers fanning out at 3:45 a.m. on Feb. 24 found 4,106 homeless individuals on the streets and counted 4,321 in shelters. The federally mandated Point in Time Count was last take in 2020 and postponed in 2021. Task force CEO Tamera Kohler said San Diego's housing costs continued to be cited as a major reason for homelessness.

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NBC San Diego

Homelessness in San Diego County Spikes at Least 10% Since 2020, Annual Count Finds

Homelessness in San Diego has grown by at least 10% since 2020, with at minimum 4,100 people living unsheltered and thousands more in shelters.

2 years ago·San Diego, United States

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Times of San Diego

Annual Count of Homeless in San Diego County Finds 10% Increase Over 2 Years

A homeless man sleeps in the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego. Photo by Chris StoneThe official count of homelessness in San Diego County found at least 8,427 individuals — a 10% increase over two years — the Regional Task Force on Homeless reported Thursday.Volunteers fanning out at 3:45 a.m. on Feb. 24 found 4,106 homeless individuals on the streets and counted 4,321 in shelters. But organizers cautioned this was probably an undercount due to heav…

2 years ago·San Diego County, United States

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Kusi

Homelessness continues to run rampant all over San Diego County

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The first homeless count in nearly two years has revealed that the homeless crisis in San Diego County has only worsened.The Study revealed that homelessness in San Diego County has increased nearly 10% since January 2020.Some parts of San Diego County like, Oceanside, are seeing higher numbers than that!Bob McElroy, President & CEO of the Alpha Project for the Homeless, joined KUSI’s Logan Byrnes to talk more on the rising ho…

2 years ago·San Diego County, United States

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Voice of San Diego

San Diego Homelessness Jumped 10 Percent – And That’s a ‘Minimum’

This year’s point-in-time count tallied 8,427 homeless residents sleeping in shelters or outdoors throughout the region.

2 years ago

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thecoastnews.com

San Diego County homelessness spikes at least 10% since 2020

REGION — Homelessness in San Diego has grown by at least 10% since 2020, the Regional Task Force on Homelessness revealed today by releasing its 2022 WeAllCount Point-in-Time Count, a one-day snapshot of the minimum number of San Diegans living in emergency shelters, transitional housing, safe havens and on streets and along riverbeds.The count found 8,427 people experiencing homelessness across San Diego County, a minimum number.“The challenges…

2 years ago

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