Unsheltered homelessness increased in 2018

Published December 17, 2018 6:09pm ET



The number of people living on streets in America increased by 2.3 percent in 2018, with about 4,300 more individuals sleeping without a roof over their head on a given night, according to a Department of Housing and Urban Development report on the state of homelessness released Monday.

The report downplayed the increase, which contributed to a slight increase to the overall number of homeless in the U.S. About 553,000 people did not have a home to call their own on a given night in 2018.

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