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Homelessness is often an invisible issue, with many suffering in silence. By raising awareness, we can mobilize community support, influence policy changes, and ensure that every woman and child in need finds a safe haven.
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Latest Statistics
NATIONWIDE
Point-In-Time Count (January 2024)
Direct quote from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress:
". . . more than 770,000 people were experiencing homelessness on a single night in January 2024, an 18% increase from 2023. This report reflects data collected a year ago and likely does not represent current circumstances, given changed policies and conditions.
The rise in families experiencing homelessness was less than 8%.
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Homelessness in the U.S. reached record-high numbers. Roughly 771,480 Americans were experiencing homelessness in January 2024 – more than any previous year since HUD began collecting PIT data in 2007. From 2007 to 2020, the number of people experiencing homelessness remained steady, and even decreased some. Since 2020, numbers have sharply increased (by almost 200,000 people) – a result most experts attribute to rising housing costs and the sunsetting of pandemic-era programs and policies designed to help keep people housed.
STATE
REGION 12
(Pitt, Beaufort, Martin, Washington, Bertie Counties)
When reviewing the statewide trends, (Latonya) Agard (Executive Director NCCEH) notes, “We’ve seen these numbers increase over and over and over. The largest increase we’ve seen is with the unsheltered homeless population. These are our most vulnerable people and that increase was 31.4% from 2023 to 2024.
REGION 12
2024 Point-In-Time Count
Each year on a single night in January the country attempts to count the individuals experiencing homelessness, sheltered and unsheltered.
Region 12 on this night in 2024:
191 people were experiencing homelessness (compared to 107 in 2023).
145 were in emergency shelters, 46 unsheltered (living somewhere considered uninhabitable).
Of these 191 people, 29 were children, 4 children were in Beaufort County.
**Reference: PIT Count Data | Raleigh, North Carolina USA |
