Homelessness has been dramatically rising, with President Biden’s policies contributing to the nationwide problem.
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AshockingnewreportbytheDepartmentofHousingandUrbanDevelopment(HUD)showsthathomelessnesshasincreaseddramaticallyfromthestartofJoeBiden’sterm,yetanothersignoftheoutgoingpresident’sremarkabletrackrecordoffailure.
Since2007,HUDhaspublisheddataannuallythatprovidesanofficialestimateforhomelessness.ThedataseekstoshowhowmanypeoplearehomelessinAmericainJanuaryofeachyear,aswellasprovideresearcherswithavarietyofdemographicdataandreportsfromon-the-groundsourcesaboutpotentialcausesofhomelessness.
InDecember,HUD reported thatinJanuary2024,“771,480peopleexperiencedhomelessnessintheUnitedStates.”HUDnotesthatthisis“thelargestnumbersincedatacollectionbegan.”(ThefirstyearofdataprovidedinHUD’sreportis2007.)
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In2023,HUDreportedhomelessnesshadreached653,104,whichwas,atthetime,thehighe
