LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky has more than 5,231 homeless people, a 9.8% increase from 2023, a new federal report shows.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said Friday its federally required tallies taken across the country in January found that more than 770,000 people were counted as homeless. That represents 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.
That increase comes on top of a 12% increase in 2023, which HUD blamed on soaring rents and the end of pandemic assistance. Among the most concerning trends was a nearly 40% rise in family homelessness.
Kentucky's rate of homelessness — per 10,000 people — is 26th in the United States. It's 9.8% increase from 2023 to 2024 represents the 22nd-highest increase in the nation.
Indiana has 6,285 homeless people, the HUD report says, a 4.5% increase from 2023.
To read the full report, click here.
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