How Close Are We to Ending Chronic Homelessness in the United States?

About the report:

We are currently struggling with ending chronic homelessness in the United States (U.S.). In 2005, all of the continuums of care (CoCs)1 in the country reported a total of 175,914 chronically homeless adults and children. In 2010 the same CoCs reported 106,107 chronically homeless adults and children, which corresponds to a decrease of 69,807 or 38%.

Between 2010 and 2015, however, less progress was made. In 2015, all of the CoCs in the U.S. reported a total of 96,275 chronically homeless adults and children, which represents a decrease of 9,832 persons or 9% when compared to the 106,107 persons reported in 2010.2

This brief focuses on the recent progress made towards ending chronic homelessness by the 20 CoCs with the largest total number of homeless persons in the country according to the 2015 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR).3 The 2016 AHAR has not yet been published. The strategies that they are using to end chronic homelessness are included in the last section of this brief.

Publication Date: 
2016