The newly-released report, compiled for Congress by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, estimated that the number of people experiencing homelessness increased by 33% over the last four years, a figure that includes a 40% increase in sheltered homeless people and a 21% increase in unsheltered homeless people.

The United States saw an increase of about 18% in homelessness this year, a new record high, according to a federal report.

Federal officials say the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country.

The US homelessness population increased more than 18% in 2024 due to lack of affordable housing. Local organizations are working to bring back more affordable options in Sarpy County.

Homelessness in the U.S. hit the highest level on record this year as the affordable housing crisis intensifies, federal regulators said Friday. The Department of Housing and Urban Development

Homelessness rose 18% in the U.S. this year as the affordable housing crisis, inflation, stagnant wages and natural disasters pummeled communities across the country, federal officials said Friday.

Come Jan. 1, California will be seeing a few dozen bills aimed at creating affordable housing in the state. The bills range in purpose from preventing homelessness to housing construction regulation accountability and oversight.

The rise was driven by unaffordable housing, inflation, systemic racism, natural disasters and rising immigration.

A report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development shows homelessness rose 18% in 2024, with causes including asylum seekers, lack of affordable housing and natural disasters.