The following list of states are estimated to experience the highest rate of homelessness. California 3. Rhode Island 9. Washington State 10. Washington DC. Chronic Homelessness. An estimated 23% of homeless individuals are considered to be chronically homeless. Homelessness Facts. Chronic homelessness is the term given to individuals that experience long-term or repeated bouts of homelessness. The chronically homeless are often the public face of the issue, however, they make up only 18% of the entire homeless population on a given day. Nearly 38,000 or 7% of all homeless persons are veterans.
Kathryn Kliff, an attorney for the Legal Aid Society’s Homeless Rights Project, and David Salvatore, a member of the Providence City Council in Rhode Island, speak about the de Blasio administration's plan to relocate NYC's homeless population to other states and why some jurisdictions are completely unaware of the move.Like several other major cities, is feeling the effects of the. The last homelessness survey was taken in January of 2019 by 'Continuums of Care,' which passed the data along to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Here are the numbers. There were 13,806 homeless family households with at least one adult and one child in 2019, compared to 14,261 in 2018. In both years, all of the families were in some type of shelter or housing.The number of unaccompanied youths under the age of 25 stood at 2,263 in 2019. This marks a slight uptick from the 2,142 youth without a home in 2018.Issues with New York's homeless population have made headlines over the past two years, with many incidents occurring on the subways or near underpasses, where encampments have emerged.