New results from the annual count of people experiencing homelessness show a 5 percent increase in the number of people found in shelters and on the streets as well as persistent disparities in how homelessness impacts Black and Indigenous communities.
The report, released by the new Regional Homelessness Authority, shows homelessness jumping from 11,199 to 11,751 people — numbers that include those in shelter and sleeping rough. The increase erases some of the gains seen between 2018 and 2019, when the count fell by nearly 900 people. ...