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12%
The level of homeless people in the U.S. leapt 12% this year to the highest number ever recorded, the Wall Street Journal reports.
115,000
Wall Street Journal: “The number of homeless people in California grew about 50% between 2014 and 2022. The state, which accounts for 12% of the U.S. population, has about half of the nation’s unsheltered homeless, an estimated 115,000 people, according to federal and state data last year. It also has among the highest average rent and median home prices in the U.S.”
75%
A new Washington Post poll finds 75% of Washington, D.C. residents support an effort by Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) to clear homeless encampments.
3
Times more annually that it costs a community to leave a homeless person on the streets than it would cost to provide housing.
