The number of people experiencing homelessness in the San Antonio area jumped 6.8% this year, according to the latest point-in-time count tallied in January by federally funded group Close to Home. However, a closer look at the data shows that this year’s count of Bexar County’s unhoused may not be as bad as it first appears.
The number of people experiencing homelessness in the San Antonio area jumped 6.8% this year, according to the latest point-in-time count tallied in January by federally funded group Close to Home.
“While the overall increase is true, we have seen a 25% reduction of individuals in unsheltered settings during the night of the count since 2019 and a 47.4% increase in those in sheltered settings during the night of the count since 2019," Close to Home Director of Communications and Development Katie Hubble said,"meaning more people are getting off the streets and receiving services.
The rise in homelessness in Bexar County in the years following the pandemic can be attributed to inflation, rising rents, population growth and the end of COVID-19 eviction pauses, Hubble said.Those escalating costs could explain why the number of chronically unhoused people — those who have been homeless for more than 12 consecutive months — jumped 35% in this year’s count.
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