{"id":2001575,"date":"2023-08-15T17:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T21:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-homeless-population-sees-record-spike\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T17:05:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T21:05:36","slug":"u-s-homeless-population-sees-record-spike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-homeless-population-sees-record-spike\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless population in the U.S. hits all-time high."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-homeless-population-sees-record-spike%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2001575&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Homelessness Crisis in the U.S.<\/h2>\n<p>The \u2063homeless population\u2064 in the U.S. has reached an alarming high this year,\u200c indicating a dire crisis that the country is \u2064struggling to\u2062 address.<\/p>\n<p>The number of homeless people across the \u2063country has spiked by about \u200d11%, marking the\u2062 largest \u200djump\u200c in\u200d over 15 years \u2064since \u2064the government began \u200dtracking the\u200c data, according to The\u200c Wall \u200bStreet Journal.<\/p>\n<p>So far this year, \u200dmore than \u200c577,000 homeless people have been counted, with data collected from over 300 entities\u200d that\u2063 track the \u2062homeless population.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the first\u200d year of the COVID pandemic, the second-highest increase in homeless individuals\u200d was a 2.7% jump in \u20642019.<\/p>\n<h3>Factors Contributing to the Crisis<\/h3>\n<p>A laundry list of factors is contributing to the homeless\u2064 crisis, with rising housing costs\u2062 being\u2063 a major driver.<\/p>\n<p>Since \u2062COVID relief funds have run out and eviction moratoriums have been lifted, housing costs have become an urgent issue, making it unfeasible for many Americans to afford housing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Covid-relief funds provided a buffer,&#8221; says\u2062 Donald Whitehead Jr., executive director at the National Coalition for \u2064the Homeless. &#8220;We&#8217;re seeing what happens \u2062when those \u2063resources aren&#8217;t available.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rents have skyrocketed\u200b since \u200cthe pandemic, with the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-homeless-population-sees-record-spike\/\" title=\"Homeless population in the U.S. hits all-time high.\">national median rent price<\/a> currently\u200b at\u200b $2,029, a more than 15% increase \u2062since the\u2064 pandemic began.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK \u200cHERE TO GET\u2063 THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u200c country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-1000-nyc-fare-beaters-had-active-arrest-warrants-report\/\" title=\"Over 1,000 NYC fare evaders had arrest warrants: Report.\">drug addiction crisis<\/a> is \u200danother significant driver of homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200c 2022, a\u2063 record 109,680 people died from drug overdoses in the \u2064U.S., according to an early estimate from\u200d the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/p>\n<p>Washington and Wyoming experienced\u200d the \u2064largest increase of 22% in overdose deaths last year.<\/p>\n<h3>Impact on Major Cities<\/h3>\n<p>Several major cities on both coasts have been particularly \u2062affected \u2064by the homelessness crisis.<\/p>\n<p>In San Francisco, homelessness has worsened since before\u2062 the\u200b pandemic, with\u200c about 38,000 people\u200b homeless in\u200b the \u2064Bay Area\u200d on \u200cany given night, a 35% increase since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Los\u200c Angeles County\u200d has \u2062also\u2064 seen a \u200c9% increase in homelessness, reaching \u2063approximately\u200b 75,518 people this \u2063year, \u200bup from 69,144 in \u200d2022.<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans witnessed an almost\u2063 15% increase\u200d in its homeless population.<\/p>\n<p>In New York, the homeless crisis is compounded by an influx of tens of thousands of illegal migrants.<\/p>\n<p>Since\u200c April of last year, more than 90,000 migrants have arrived in New York \u2062City,\u2062 with about 55,000 still\u2063 being housed on the city&#8217;s dime. This \u200chas caused New York&#8217;s homeless \u200dshelters\u200d to \u200boverflow, resulting in a\u2064 record 105,800 people being sheltered.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts has even resorted to asking citizens to\u2063 consider opening\u200b their homes \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-overrules-judge-lets-biden-admin-use-covid-19-policy-to-expel-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"Appeals Court Overrules Judge, Lets Biden Admin Use COVID-19 Policy to Expel Illegal Immigrants\">illegal immigrants due<\/a> to a dire\u2062 shelter shortage.<\/p>\n<h3>Crime and Homelessness<\/h3>\n<p>Crime has become a significant issue\u2062 accompanying the homelessness problem, particularly \u200cin cities.<\/p>\n<p>Open-air\u200d drug markets and \u200cviolent crime driven by \u2063homeless individuals in cities like San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Phoenix, and Philadelphia have frustrated residents \u2062and businesses, leading them \u200bto leave these neighborhoods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>tracking the data. 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