WASHINGTON — U.S. homelessness in 2024 increased by 18 percent compared to 2023, driven by a national affordable housing crisis, rising inflation, and a surge in migrants, according to a report released Friday by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
More than 770,000 people were experiencing homelessness on a single night in January 2024, an 18 percent increase from 2023, the report showed, add