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Half of all 'unsheltered' homeless people are located in one state: report

A third of the U.S.'s entire homeless population and half of all unsheltered homeless people live in California – as the state grapples with a very visible crisis, according to estimates released at the end of 2022.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's "Point in Time" survey, conducted in January 2022 and released at year's end, indicated that at least 30% of all of America's homeless population live in the Golden State, with homeless tents and encampments prevalent in some urban centers.

The survey showed that around 115,500 "unsheltered" people – half of the total roughly 233,800 "unsheltered" population – reside in California.

The Public Policy Institute of California analyzed the data and compared it to the two years prior, finding a "new snapshot of California’s homeless population."

PORTLAND HOMELESSNESS CRISIS SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL: ‘THIS IS THEIR VISION OF UTOPIA’

Primarily, California’s homeless population increased by roughly 6% since 2020 compared to just 0.4% in the rest of the country. The biggest change occurred in the "homeless but sheltered" population, which spiked 17% in that period, while the "unsheltered" population rose by around 2%. (read more)

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