☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agoThe U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1206arrow-down10cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1206arrow-down1external-linkThe U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.apnews.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square48fedilinkcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
minus-squareRION [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·2 days agoAccording to HUD It’s only measuring those in “shelters, temporary housing, and unsheltered settings”
minus-squareCyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·2 days agoAnd even those metrics are most likely underestimated
minus-squareSulvor [he/him, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 days agoYeah this number is probably vastly undercounting, which is to be expected for this sort of thing.
According to HUD It’s only measuring those in “shelters, temporary housing, and unsheltered settings”
And even those metrics are most likely underestimated
Yeah this number is probably vastly undercounting, which is to be expected for this sort of thing.