This year's tallies were conducted amid the pandemic and advocates caution changed counting methods could have thrown off results. The counts usually rely on volunteer census-takers and are always imprecise.
The data comes from the Point in Time counts the federal government requires communities to conduct to reflect how many people are without homes on a given winter night. Numbers are also up about 30% in South Dakota and Prince George's County, Maryland, and 15% in Asheville, North Carolina. Some of the biggest increases are in West Coast cities such as Sacramento and Portland, Oregon, where growing homelessness has become a humanitarian crisis and political football over the past decade. The Associated Press tallied results from city-by-city surveys conducted earlier this year and found the number of people without homes is up overall compared with 2020 in areas reporting results so far.
Rich Pedroncelli/AP Show More Show Lessįueled by a long-running housing shortage, rising rent prices and the economic hangover from the pandemic, the overall number of homeless in a federal government report to be released in coming months is expected to be higher than the 580,000 unhoused before the coronavirus outbreak, the National Alliance to End Homelessness said. Sacramento County had more than 9,200 people experiencing homelessness during this year's annual count, conducted in February. Santos, who was recently evicted from his apartment and now sleeps on a park bench, frequents Show Up Sac, for meals and other assistance. Rich Pedroncelli/AP Show More Show Less 2 of27 Eric Santos, right, gives a hug of thanks to Karry Fowler, left, a volunteer at Showup Sac, a nonprofit that provides food, clothing and showers to people experiencing homelessness in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Oct.4, 2022. 1 of27 Eric Santos uses a suitcase that he keeps all of his possessions in as a table while having a cup of coffee at ShowUp Sac, a nonprofit that provides food, clothing and showers to people experiencing homelessness in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Aug.
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