Overall homelessness decreased for the first time in eight years. Though the progress is modest, it evidences both the successes of the homeless response system and the reality that incomes have not kept up with the cost of living as the cost of housing continues to rise and more people are forced into homelessness. This data is nuanced: different racial, gender, or age groups and different geographic regions experience different trends in their homelessness numbers.
These interactive charts can help states and communities better understand who experiences homelessness in their area to meet local demand for homelessness assistance.
The Alliance uses 2025 Point-in-Time Count (PIT), Housing Inventory Count (HIC) and Fair Market Rent (FMR) data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as well as population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, to produce these charts.
To illustrate long-term trends in homelessness, the Alliance shows the change from 2015 to 2025, reflecting a nearly ten-year period that stretches before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This offers a quick snapshot of where progress has been made and where more work needs to be done. To reflect recent trends, the Alliance compares data from 2024 with data from 2025.
The Alliance also produces an in-depth, written report exploring this data from a national perspective. The most recent version was published in August 2024 and uses data from 2023. A new version that uses data from the 2024 counts will be published soon.
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