Policy Insights
2023 Homeless Count Results Reveal a Total Increase of 11% Among Three-Fourths of Continuums of Care (CoCs) That Counted 3,000 or More Persons in 2022
One-fourth of these CoCs have not yet publicly reported their 2023 results or did not Complete a Sheltered and Unsheltered Count in 2023 In 2022, 39 CoCs counted 3,000 or more persons during their homeless counts, collectively totaling 322,869 or more than half (55.4%) of the 582,462 total number of persons counted as homeless nationwide…
Read MorePartial 2023 California Homeless Count Results Reveal a Statewide Increase of Nearly 9%
More than Half (24) of California’s 44 Continuums of Care (CoCs) Publicly Reported Their 2023 Homeless Count to Date The 24 CoCs counted 126,082 persons as sheltered and unsheltered in 2023 which represents an increase of 9,936 persons or 6% when compared to the 116,146 persons they counted in 2022, as noted in Table 1.…
Read MoreNumber of People Experiencing Homelessness (PEH) who Died in Los Angeles County More than Doubled during the Past Five Years
Number of PEH who died by accident more than doubled. Number of PEH who died by homicide more than doubled. Number of Black PEH who died more than doubled. Number of Hispanic/Latin(o)(a)(x) PEH who died more than doubled. California Assembly Bill 271 Homeless Death Review Committees, if approved during the 2023 legislative session would, authorize…
Read MoreEnding Unsheltered Homelessness Among Veterans is Within Reach in California
2022 Homeless Count Reveals a Goal of Ending Unsheltered Homelessness Among Veterans is Within Reach for Many of California’s 44 Continuums of Care Northern California, Central California, and Southern California CoCs Collectively Counted Less Veterans as Unsheltered in their Regions during their 2022 Homeless Count when Compared to their 2020 Count as Noted in the…
Read MoreProposed 2023 California Legislation Concerning Homelessness Continues to Evolve
Bills Introduced in January Reveal the Kind of Actions That Legislators Want to Become Law During the 2023 Legislative Session to Help Mitigate the Statewide Homelessness Crisis Legislation introduced in January includes: AB 271 Homeless death review committees AB 86 Homelessness: lead entity AB 284 Department of Housing and Community Development: annual report: Homeless Housing,…
Read MoreNumber of Persons Counted as Chronically Homeless, as Chronic Substance Users, as Severely Mentally Ill Continues to Increase Significantly for the Entire State of California and Within Each of the Largest Regions
A Homeless Count Comparison of Each Subpopulation for the Entire State, Northern California, Central California, and Southern California is Detailed Below HUD recently released the 2022 homeless count data Click here for a pdf copy of this report Chart 1 shows the following findings for the entire State of California The number of adults and…
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