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HOMELESSNESS in the U.S. reaches RECORD HIGH amid worsening economic downturn post-pandemic

August 22, 2023 - homelessness at bay. He said: "The COVID-relief funds provided a buffer. We're seeing what happens when those resources aren't available."

"We are beginning to feel the full economic fallout of the COVID-19 era," noted Jamie Rife, executive director of the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative. The Mile High City reported a 32 percent increase in homelessness, the highest increase among major U.S. cities based on the HUD's data.

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NBC News: Inflation and illegals to blame for HOMELESSNESS among LA students

January 19, 2024 -

During a Jan. 11 broadcast of "NBC Nightly News," correspondent Stephanie Gosk reported on homelessness among students in the City of Angels. She remarked that increases in the cost of living, and "a migrant crisis" are two key factors in a spike in homelessness among students.

"An increase in evictions, higher cost of living and a migrant crisis all [lead] to more students who don't have a permanent home," said Gosk. She also talked to LA Unified School ...

Homelessness in California’s state capital has risen by almost 70% since 2019

November 07, 2022 -

At least 9,278 Sacramentans are estimated to be without a home, with majority of them sleeping outdoors or in vehicles. Homeless encampments have also popped up on levees, near schools and next to busy roads. Given this, Sacramento County now has the second highest rate of per-capita homelessness in the entire Golden State.

Exorbitant housing costs are to blame in the dramatic rise of homelessness in the River City. According to the Guardian, the median ...

Poll shows 86% of Americans believe homelessness is a major problem in the U.S.

June 02, 2023 -

Not surprisingly, nearly 60 percent of those who participated in the poll felt the problem has been getting worse in the last two years.

However, respondents were split when it came to who should be in charge of fixing the nation’s homelessness problem. Nearly a third of respondents stated that the federal government should be tasked with addressing the problem, while 39 percent say it’s up to state governments and 15 percent believe it falls under the purview ...

Nearly 20 years of MASSIVE federal spending fails to curb rising homelessness in Washington state

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A breakdown of federal allocations reveals that federal agencies like the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Health and Human Services have spent hundreds of millions of dollars since 2007 on grants to third parties whose interests were aligned with the goal of mitigating the homelessness situation in Washington.

However, the financial influx has not translated into a decrease in homelessness....

Crime and homelessness in Portland have cost Oregon over a billion dollars as residents flee

August 07, 2023 - homelessness and safety concerns.

Data analysis conducted by Oregon Live showed that 14,257 tax filers and their dependents left Multnomah County during the first year of the pandemic in 2020 and took a record $1 billion of income with them.

The data showed that higher earners were more likely to leave since their jobs could be done remotely during coronavirus shutdowns, and the average income of people leaving was 14% higher than people who left the year ...

Large cities like Los Angeles and New York SUFFER as homelessness and illegal immigration crises collide

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That fire happened in the first neighborhood targeted by Inside Safe, an initiative created by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to move homeless people off sidewalks and into housing. Yet after each of those encampment operations, streets first targeted by Inside Safe in 2022 – parts of Cahuenga Boulevard, Wilcox Avenue and Franklin – have repopulated.

The Annual Homelessness Assessment Report shows major cities are home to large shares of people experiencing homelessness, ...

THE PRECIOUS ONES: Maine builds “palace-like” apartments for ILLEGALS using taxpayer money amid rising homelessness

January 23, 2024 - homelessness in Pine Tree State. (Related: There are now more illegal immigrants than homeless people housed in New York City’s shelters.)

This number was based on information from emergency shelters and other service providers collected through the state’s Homeless Management Information System, (HMIS).

Paper survey forms were used to collect data on those who were unsheltered on the night of Jan. 24, 2023, including information from non-HMIS participating ...

Homeless camp pops up on a Beverly Hills sidewalk as homelessness spills into the wealthier areas of California

September 27, 2023 - homelessness is spreading rapidly across the U.S. – but it appears that no one wants to pause and question why this is happening precisely. Is it due to drugs, politics, the economy – or a combination  of all three with some additional factors added for good measure"

"Nevertheless, the issue should be addressed instead of merely applying a small band-aid to this substantial, gaping wound."Closed stores now line once-posh district

The city, which is part ...

Homelessness in LA-LA Land Los Angeles getting WORSE under Democrats who blame the GOP for “ignoring the NEEDY”

December 29, 2017 - homelessness on Christmas Day, no less, proving yet again that the far-Left socioeconomic policies of Democratic “leaders” are not compassionate, not productive, and do not lead to “better lives” for all concerned.

The video captured what looked like scenes straight out of AMC’s hit series “The Walking Dead” — bags of trash and other litter lined up along, and strewn across streets; tents massed in clusters which ‘house’ scores of people at night; directionless ...

While thousands of U.S. veterans suffer homelessness, a VA hospital in Seattle is demanding more money to perform genital mutilation surgeries on transgender vets

February 06, 2024 -

A VA Puget Sound Fiscal Year 2023 funding proposal to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) National Surgery Office (NSO) estimates the cost of its proposed Comprehensive Gender Affirming Surgical Center (CGASC) at a whopping $642,562 in 2023. By 2027, that cost is expected to balloon to more than $1.5 million.

The facility already hosts various LGBT support groups, as well as offers hormone therapies, hair removal and other "minor" surgeries to trans veterans. It ...

America’s HOMELESS population surges to record-high 653,000 as IMMIGRATION CRISIS worsens under Biden

December 19, 2023 -

According to HUD, the data marks a 12 percent increase since 2022, posting both the biggest increase and the highest tally since the U.S. first recorded comparable data in 2007.

New York City alone witnessed a 42 percent increase, reaching the highest number of recorded cases of homelessness in one local jurisdiction with over 88,000. Los Angeles County came in at a close second with 71,320 reported cases, a nearly 10 percent increase. These two major metropolitan ...

Homeless encampments make Los Angeles look like a Third World country

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The alarming video, shared by Fox News reporter Bill Melugin on X, reveals numerous homeless individuals gathered on filthy sidewalks at the intersection of San Pedro Street and 6th Street in LA's Skid Row neighborhood. Some are shown near open fires on the street, mere steps away from the Midnight Mission, a $17 million facility catering to the homeless.

Billionaire Elon Musk, known for his commentary on California's homelessness crisis, simply reacted with "wow" ...

Homeless people INVADE city of Casper, Wyoming, taking over vacant motel

September 10, 2023 - homelessness since 2018, the problem has continued to grow. (Related: Homelessness in California's state capital has risen by almost 70% since 2019)

California's approach has been disjointed and scattershot under more than a decade of complete Democratic control of state government, with Gov. Gavin Newsom blasting fellow Democrats as being "as dumb as they want to be" when it comes to homelessness.

With the gargantuan sum to combat homelessness, ...

Number of homeless people in Los Angeles County surges to more than 75,000

July 05, 2023 -

According to a massive count conducted by thousands of volunteers during a three-day period in January, an estimated 75,518 people were living in temporary housing tents, vehicles, RVs or other kinds of makeshift shelters, compared to 69,144 people with similar living conditions recorded in the previous year.

The figures demonstrate a 70 percent increase in homelessness in the county and an 80 percent increase in the city since 2015. (Related: Homelessness ...

LAHSA data: Los Angeles County now has over 75,000 homeless people

July 12, 2023 - homelessness faster than we can house them."

"The homeless count results tell us what we already know – that we have a crisis on our streets, and it's getting worse," Kellum added. "The important thing to take away from today is that for the first time, the city, county and LAHSA are moving with urgency to house the people living in our streets."LA mayor gets additional "emergency powers" to tackle homelessness crisis

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass noted ...

Homeless population in Los Angeles grew 10% despite city spending millions to fight the problem

July 03, 2023 - homelessness has skyrocketed by 80 percent in the city and 70 percent in the county.

Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Chief Executive Va Lecia Adams Kellum said that the results were disappointing but not surprising, adding: “We thought with last year’s numbers that we were flattening the curve. However, what we see in this trajectory is that people remain in a situation of vulnerability where they’re falling into homelessness faster than we can house ...

Economic disparity: 8 Richest households in Silicon Valley have 6X more wealth than poorest 500,000

June 16, 2023 - homelessness among young adults between the ages of 18 and 24, with 85 per 100,000 people. The index stated that 28 percent of Silicon Valley households do not earn enough to meet their basic needs without public or private assistance. Moreover, it found that 460,000 residents received monthly grocery bags from charity – an 80 percent increase since 2019.

The SVPI's numbers also focused on several Big Tech firms that call Silicon Valley their home. Google, Adobe, Intel ...

Maine allowing illegal aliens to squat in new apartments for free while veterans throughout state remain homeless

January 18, 2024 - homelessness. Where is their free housing? Where is their free jumpstart into society?

Just in the last year, the number of "unhoused" veterans in Maine has doubled, this after Maine officials tried desperately before the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) "pandemic" to reduce the number of homeless veterans living in Maine down to single digits.

There are also 4,000 additional homeless Americans living in Maine, none of whom are being offered free housing, kitchen ...