A more complete point-in-time homeless count in San Francisco revealed that homelessness in a city that’s become a caricature of wealth inequality in the U.S. had actually increased by about 30% from 2017.
Over the last several months, cities and counties across California have been releasing homeless counts. The results have been grim.
The new numbers use a broader definition of what’s considered to be homeless that goes beyond what’s mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. They include homeless people in jails, hospitals and residential treatment facilities. “We’re looking at the HUD numbers because it helps us work in collaboration with other places like Los Angeles or our neighboring counties,” Cretan said. “If Los Angeles or Alameda County did it our way, we could do a more direct comparison with those numbers that were released last week.”
In 2017, this combined number amounted to 7,499 homeless people. The city’s population of homeless veterans dropped 11%, while the number of chronically homeless increased 35% from 2017. The growth of people residing in RVs and campers was a big part of the reason the number of sheltered people increased as well
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