Homelessness grew 18 percent in 2024 alone, fueled by rising prices and a surge of migrants, the Department of Housing and Urban Development admitted in a Friday report.
Perhaps homelessness, more than any other issue, will define President Joe Biden’s legacy.
The 18 percent increase comes on top of a 12 percent increase in 2023.
Progress against homelessness was made from 2010 to 2017 (637,000-554,000), according to the report, but spiked under Biden’s watch to 770,000 in 2024, the largest annual increase since the count began in 2007.
“Some communities reported data to HUD that indicated that the rise in overall homelessness was a result of their work to shelter a rising number of asylum seekers coming into their communities,” the report acknowledged:
Migration had a particularly notable impact on family homelessness, which rose 39% from 2023-2024. In the 13…
