Homelessness surged by 18% in 2024 due to affordable housing shortages.
The math is brutal: In January 2024, volunteers counting America’s unhoused population documented 771,480 people without homes – equivalent to evacuating entire cities like Seattle or Denver. This unprecedented 18% single-year surge represents the largest recorded increase since federal tracking began in 2007. Behind the statistic: 150,000 children waking in shelters or vehicles, families crammed … Read more