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US homeless population's vertical growth, climbed 32.5% from 2022 to 2024
592 sats \ 3 comments \ @Coinsreporter 12 Mar charts_and_numbers
The total homeless population in the U.S. rose 32.5% from 2022 to 2024
Source 🔗 for interactive chart The total homeless population went down generally from 2007 to 2022 before rising 12% in 2023 and another 18% in 2024. The US Interagency Council on Homelessness attributes the current rise to inadequate systems for managing affordable housing, wages, and equitable access to health care and economic opportunity. According to the Council, people who experience homelessness have a life expectancy of 50, compared to 77 for the average American.
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46 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 12 Mar
I really should do a deeper dive on this some time. It's adjacent to my area of academic expertise, so I should know more about this.
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 12 Mar
I believe @kepford has worked on homelessness with charities and knows a lot about it.
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 12 Mar
I bet most of the increase is in California and urban areas
I was reading on Twitter recently about someone visiting Denver after living there 10 years ago. Different city. Worse conditions. Squalor and homeless prevalent unlike before
Vagrancy laws are not being enforced
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