The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
released the results of the 2017 Point in Time Count yesterday,
revealing progress in the number of homeless in all areas except
for the west coast. In fact, According to the HUD report, the
count represents a statewide increase across California of 13.7
percent in total homelessness from 2016, compared to a
nation-wide increase of only 0.7 percent in homelessness from
2016 to 2017.
In the report, which was based on the biannual tally of
unsheltered people conducted in January, California’s homeless
population was 134,278, while the national homeless population is
553,742. The raw data sets for the Point in Time Count are
available
here.
