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The Economic Consequences of Homelessness in The US

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V. Affordable Hous<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Affordable Hous<strong>in</strong>g Crisis Forces U.S. Homeless Numbers<br />

Up for First Time S<strong>in</strong>ce Great Recession<br />

By Damien Sharkov on 12/6/17 at 4:36 AM<br />

<strong>Homelessness</strong> <strong>in</strong> the United States has risen for the first time s<strong>in</strong>ce the tail end <strong>of</strong><br />

the Great Recession as 553,742 people slept rough or <strong>in</strong> a shelter <strong>in</strong> a s<strong>in</strong>gle night<br />

earlier this year, with the West Coast fac<strong>in</strong>g a particularly acute problem.<br />

<strong>The</strong> one-night count <strong>in</strong> January represented the first time s<strong>in</strong>ce 2010 that<br />

homelessness <strong>in</strong> the U.S. ticked up, by 0.7 percent overall but by much more <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>in</strong>dividual cities, NPR reported. <strong>The</strong> statistic came from a government document<br />

released by the Department <strong>of</strong> Hous<strong>in</strong>g and Urban Development (HUD) on<br />

Wednesday.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>in</strong>crease came as a surprise as homelessness levels had been fall<strong>in</strong>g, hav<strong>in</strong>g<br />

dropped by 13 percent s<strong>in</strong>ce 2010. Many communities are mak<strong>in</strong>g progress on<br />

elim<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g problems such as homeless veterans, who usually push the figures<br />

up, Ben Carson, HUD secretary, said.<br />

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