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Homelessness increased 18% in the United States in 2024 | LiveNOW from FOX
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18:30Now PlayingThe 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. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Friday released its 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report: Part 1: Point-in-Time (PIT) Estimates, which documents the number of people in shelters, temporary housing and unsheltered settings.
The report found more than 770,000 people were experiencing homelessness on a single night in January 2024, an 18% increase from 2023.
Migration had a particularly notable impact on family homelessness, which rose 39% from 2023 to 2024, according to the report. In the 13 communities that reported being affected by migration, family homelessness more than doubled.
The HUD said the Maui fire, in addition to other natural disasters, had an impact on the increase in homelessness. Thousands affected by the fire were sleeping in disaster emergency shelters on the night of the PIT count.
Meanwhile, homelessness among veterans dropped to the lowest number on record, with nearly an 8% decrease – from 35,574 in 2023 to 32,882 in 2024, according to the report. Among unsheltered veterans, the number dropped nearly 11% – from 15,507 in 2023 to 13,851 in 2024.
The HUD said it helped connect nearly 90,000 veteran households to stable rental homes through the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program in 2024 and the Department of Veterans Affairs permanently housed 47,925 veterans — marking the largest number of veterans housed in a single year since 2019.
LiveNOW's Andrew Craft discussed the latest numbers with Stephen Metraux, a professor at the University of Delaware, and FOX 10 Phoenix reporter Nicole Krasean.
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