{"id":30627,"date":"2023-12-16T11:57:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T19:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=30627"},"modified":"2023-12-16T11:57:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T19:57:35","slug":"its-not-just-the-city-us-homelessness-highest-since-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/16\/its-not-just-the-city-us-homelessness-highest-since-07\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s not just The City: US homelessness highest since &#8217;07"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/users\/profile\/Marcus%20White\">By Marcus White | Examiner staff writer<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dec 15, 2023\u00a0Updated\u00a020 hrs ago  (SFExaminer.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\/sfexaminer.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/8\/86\/886cecfe-7a8c-11ee-9a13-6fef1180adc0\/65456049c2fee.image.jpg?resize=400%2C267\" alt=\"13th Street homeless encampment\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Phillip Gibson, 48, and his dog, Sonoma, during a homeless encampment sweep on 13th Street between Bryant and Harrison Streets in San Francisco on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.\u00a0Craig Lee\/The Examiner<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not just San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huduser.gov\/portal\/sites\/default\/files\/pdf\/2023-AHAR-Part-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National homelessness rose 12%<\/a>&nbsp;between 2022 and 2023, according to an annual federal report submitted to Congress on Friday, up to its highest level since the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development started recording data in 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal housing officials estimated that, on any given night this year, about 653,100 people experienced homelessness. Most homelessness agencies across the U.S. counted unsheltered and sheltered homelessness one night in January of this year, while others \u2014 including The City, which didn\u2019t conduct an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/archives\/homelessness-dipped-in-san-francisco-during-pandemic\/article_a4be5f3e-c52a-5c0b-a59e-6c6202b1ef09.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overall point-in-time count<\/a>&nbsp;this year \u2014 only counted sheltered homelessness, carrying forward last year\u2019s unsheltered count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly 6,000 more people in the U.S. experienced homelessness this year on a given night than the previous high in 2007, and almost 71,000 more did than last year. This year\u2019s 12% increase is the largest the agency has recorded, which officials said was, at least in part, the result of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/research-and-analysis\/articles\/2023\/05\/04\/5-insights-into-states-transition-away-from-federal-covid-19-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 relief funding expiring<\/a>&nbsp;or winding down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis data underscores the urgent need for support for proven solutions and strategies that help people quickly exit homelessness and that prevent homelessness in the first place,\u201d U.S. Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HUD released the figures Friday, which highlight that San Francisco\u2019s experiences with homelessness have also been felt on a national level amid a shortage of permanent and temporary housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/realtor.com\/\">Realtor.com<\/a>&nbsp;report published in March estimated that, from 2012 to 2022, the U.S. built 2.3 million fewer multifamily and single-family homes than households formed over that decade. The federal data published Friday also indicated that there are nearly 204,000 fewer year-round shelter beds than people experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>San Francisco has more than 3,850 shelter beds after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/politics\/sf-adding-300-shelter-beds-amid-lawsuit-as-winter-looms\/article_7a902270-8ed9-11ee-ac70-eb2a1ac62232.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The City added another 300<\/a>&nbsp;to its capacity last month. Combining this year\u2019s sheltered homelessness count with last year\u2019s tally of unsheltered homelessness, The City\u2019s shelter capacity is more than 3,700 beds shy of its overall homeless population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing said the national growth \u201creflects the challenge we are facing locally in addressing homelessness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHousing affordability, economic inequality, and racial disparities continue to drive homelessness across the U.S.,\u201d spokesperson Emily Cohen said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>San Francisco will conduct its next point-in-time count next month. Two years ago, during the last count, The City recorded a 3.5% reduction in overall homelessness from 2019 and a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hsh.sfgov.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-PIT-Count-Report-San-Francisco-Updated-8.19.22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">15% drop in unsheltered homelessness<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not just San Francisco. National homelessness rose 12%&nbsp;between 2022 and 2023, according to an annual federal report submitted to Congress on Friday, up to its highest level since the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development started recording data in 2007. Federal housing officials estimated that, on any given&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/16\/its-not-just-the-city-us-homelessness-highest-since-07\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1260],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30631,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30627\/revisions\/30631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}