Homelessness has been a crisis in the United States for many years. The number of people experiencing homelessness in the United States increased by 18% last year. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development said on Friday (27 December) that various factors such as increased immigration, natural disasters, and high inflation are responsible for this problem. Reuters reported.
Sights of destitute people living in open-air tents pitched on the sidewalks of American cities have become commonplace. The federal and state governments are taking various steps to tackle the problem.
This problem is accelerating in the United States. According to data released Friday, the total includes 771,480 homeless people, and that number is 23 per 10,000 people in the country.
According to published data, between 2023 and 2024, the largest increase in the problem of homelessness was among children under 18, which increased the pace of the crisis by 33%. And 150,000 children suffer from this problem.
Black people represent 32% of all people experiencing homelessness in the United States, according to the data.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development said a growing national affordable housing crisis, rising inflation, the continuing effects of systemic racism, additional public health crises, natural disasters, and an increase in immigration are factors pushing people toward homelessness.
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