Homelessness

According to the 2025 PIT Count, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found that 745,652 people were experiencing homelessness including 266,320 people living on the street on a single night in January 2025 – a 27% increase since 2013.
 

• Between 2013 and 2025:

  • Homelessness increased 27%

  • Unsheltered homelessness increased 36%

  • Chronic homelessness increased 81%
     

In the PIT count, people in families with children made up 30.9% of all people experiencing homelessness in the United States.

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, of the veterans experiencing homelessness in 2025, 41.6% of them were unsheltered.

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Homelessness has notably affected people of color, veterans, and those with a prior criminal history at a disproportionately high rate. According HUD's 2025 data, African Americans made up 32.7% of the homeless population within the United States. 

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A lack of resources such as homeless response workers (connecting people with housing), in addition to services like healthcare, employment, and income support programs have created cyclical homeless cycles.

 

HUD lists a lack of sufficient housing (no beds available) and no community having enough permanent housing as an example of our nation's resources being insufficient to meet demand - citing that the response team only had enough units to house 9% of unhoused people at the time of the 2025 count.
 

Many arrests experienced by homeless individuals are directly linked to homelessness and formerly incarcerated people are significantly more prone to homelessness - these activities include loitering, sitting down, lying down, or sleeping in public. According to the Miami Herald, since enforcing strict anti-camping ordinances, unhoused individuals accounted for 42% of all arrests in Miami Beach. 

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Reentry coalitions are valuable nonprofit and local government-based organizations that partner with employment, education, and housing offices while providing resources for things such as substance abuse and mental health. Please see the reentry coalitions listed below that seek to serve the communities that so desperately need their help.​​