US homelessness up 12% from 2022, hits highest level since 2007

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New data shows homelessness increased over the last year and reached its highest level since federal housing authorities began keeping a point-in-time count of homelessness in 2007.

On Friday, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its annual Homeless Assessment Report with point-in-time (PIT) estimates. PIT estimates track the number of people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January.

The report found that over 653,100 people experienced homelessness on a single night in January 2023 – an increase of 12%, or 70,650 more people, compared to 2022. The 2023 homelessness figure is the largest number of people recorded as experiencing homelessness since the PIT reporting process began in 2007.

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Of the total number of people experiencing homelessness, the HUD report found that about six in 10 of the people were experiencing homelessness, «sheltered homelessness» and were either in an emergency shelter, transitional housing or participating in a safe haven program. The remaining four in 10 were experiencing unsheltered homelessness in places not meant for human habitation.

Within that figure, homelessness among families with children rose by 16% while the number of individuals experiencing homelessness was up by 11%. The report found that 72% of people experiencing homelessness did not have children present, although the number of homeless