Homelessness is down in California and across the country, says new federal report
The decline came as chronic homelessness kept rising and veteran homelessness fell only 1%, underscoring uneven progress in the federal count.
- On Friday, the Department of Housing and Urban Development released its annual homelessness report showing a 3.3% nationwide decline, marking the first decrease since 2016.
- This modest reduction occurred during the final year of President Joe Biden's term, though the Trump Administration released the delayed report while criticizing existing homelessness strategies.
- Twenty-Two states and the District of Columbia reported declines, including Illinois with a 44% drop and Florida with 11%, as some communities attributed progress in part to changes in federal immigration policy.
- HUD Secretary Scott Turner claims 'Housing First' has "failed to meaningfully reduce homelessness," and the administration is redirecting nearly $4 billion in annual federal funding toward mandatory treatment programs.
- Critics warn that dismantling these support systems could jeopardize progress for the estimated 745,652 people currently experiencing homelessness nationwide, as advocacy groups defend the programs that drove recent gains.
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Homelessness is down in California and across the country, says new federal report
The number of people with nowhere to call home decreased both in California and nationwide last year, according to a long-awaited federal report.
Veteran homelessness dropped only 1% during 2024
The number of homeless veterans decreased by only 387 people over the course of 2024, a smaller decrease than the change for the overall number of unhoused Americans, according to the newly released national homeless count. On Friday, the Department of Housing and Urban Development released its findings from the 2025 point-in-time national homeless count. It found that overall homelessness in the United States dropped by 3%, with 745,652 people …
Homelessness declined in 2024, according to delayed federal report
After climbing to a record peak, homelessness fell modestly in the last year of the Biden administration, according to data released Friday by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The post Homelessness declined in 2024, according to delayed federal report appeared first on West Hawaii Today.
HUD Says Homelessness Dropped 3% in Latest Count
A count of homelessness from January 2025 showed a decrease from the year before, according to a report released Friday by HUD. Gabrielle Lurie/Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via APThe Trump administration released a months-late report on Friday detailing the nation’s homelessness problem, with the data suggesting fewer Americans are living on the street or in shelters amid a crackdown by officials in major cities.The report, finally ma…
According to a long-awaited federal report, the number of homeless people declined both in California and across the country in 2025. Data, showing the first decline in destitution in years, prompted activists to question the Trump administration’s narrative that current policies to address destitution are failing and need reform. 181,934 homeless people were counted in California last year, a 2.8% decrease from 2024, according to the new federa…
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