Federal officials say the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country.

The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday.

  • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.caEnglish
    347·
    24 hours ago

    I don’t want to see percentage increase values for things like these. I’d prefer percent of population, or absolute values.

    • skhayfa@lemmy.worldOP
      43·
      24 hours ago

      more than 770,000 people were counted as homeless — a number that misses some people and does not include those staying with friends or family because they do not have a place of their own.

    • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
      15·
      23 hours ago

      770,000 people were counted as homeless

      23 of every 10,000 people in the U.S.

    • SeaJ@lemm.ee
      101·
      21 hours ago

      And you would get those of you bothered to read the first three paragraphs of the article.