DC reports lowest number of homeless residents in 17 years

Roughly 4,440 people were unhoused in the district as of January 2022, roughly a 14% decline from the year before and the lowest number on record since 2005, according to the mayor’s annual “point-in-time” count released on Thursday. The number is a significant drop from the 8,400 homeless people counted in 2015, which prompted Mayor Muriel Bowser to implement a plan to reduce homelessness in the nation’s capital.

The lower numbers are partly due to the mayor’s Homeward D.C. strategy, initiated in 2016, which aims to provide short-term family shelters throughout the district and help residents in homeless encampments find housing. Family homelessness has decreased 78% since 2016. “While I am proud of the work we do to connect District residents to affordable housing, I am especially proud of the system by which we welcome people home — it’s a system consistent with our District values in that it is centered in human dignity,” said Laura Green Zeilinger, services director for the D.C. Department of Human Services. “Our residents are deserving of a safe and stable place to call home and we are dedicated to making that vision a reality.

The point-in-time count, an annual census of homeless people in the district, has elicited criticism from advocates who argue the numbers, which are collected on one day in January each year, don’t include those who are temporarily staying with someone else during cold winter nights. The U.S. Government Accountability Office has also expressed concerns with the city’s strategy, noting it could lead to undercounts, according to a report released in 2020.

In her most recent budget proposal for fiscal year 2023, Bowser requested that $31 million be allocated toward ending chronic homelessness and providing permanent housing, according to the mayor’s office. The budget also seeks $114.6 million for renovations to homeless shelters in Washington, D.C.

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