https://www.axios.com/2023/12/15/homelessness-increase-rent-crisis-2023

#Homelessness in the U.S. jumped to #record level in 2023, government says
April Rubin

..."Homelessness increased by about 12% nationwide since last year, and it rose across all household types, the Department of Housing and Urban Development said in a new report.

About 653,100 people experienced homelessness on a single night in 2023, according to an annual count done in January.
This year's result "is the highest number of people reported as experiencing homelessness on a single night since reporting began in 2007," the report says.
By the numbers: Black, African and Indigenous people were overrepresented among the population experiencing homelessness, as has been the case in previous years, the HUD found.

Black people made up 13% of the U.S. population in 2023, but they made up 21% of the U.S. population living in poverty, 37% of all people experiencing homelessness and 50% of homeless people in families with children.
Asian and Asian American people had the largest percentage increase in homelessness, up 40% from 2022, to a total of 11,574.
Hispanic and Latino people saw the largest numerical increase, up 28% from 2022 to 179,336 in 2023.
Zoom in: Families with children saw a 16% increase in homelessness."...