The homeless population in the US increased 2.7% this year largely because of a surge in unsheltered and chronically homeless individuals in California, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said in a news release Friday.
The study found that 567,715 people across the nation experienced homelessness on a single night in 2019, an increase of 14,885 people compared with 2018. Meanwhile, homelessness among veterans and families with children declined in the year, dropping 2.1% and 4.8%, respectively.The number of people experiencing homelessness dropped in 29 states and Washington, DC in 2019, the news release said.
"In fact, homelessness in California is at a crisis level and needs to be addressed by local and state leaders with crisis-like urgency."An additional 21,306 people were homeless in California in 2019, up 16.4% from the previous year, HUD said. Read MoreThe data comes after the Trump administration sent a team of officials on a"fact finding" trip to California in September to learn more about homelessness in Los Angeles.
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