In the news recently, HUD said chronic homelessness has significantly decreased, and went down by 30% over the past few years. Is this true?
The survey that the reported results came from was seriously flawed. Counting homeless people on one day in February across America is impossible. Also, they are not able to count people staying in abandoned buildings or foreclosed homes because it is too dangerous for the workers doing the count. This can be especially significant for communities like Cleveland with 10,000 to 20,000 abandoned properties. They also do not count those who are staying on couches. So, even though the Cleveland Public Schools reported a 40% increase in homeless children from the 2006-2007 to the 2007-2008 school years, most of those kids were not counted because they are staying with family and friends. And the survey only looked at chronic or long-term homelessness. A reduction in the number of long-term homeless persons does not mean that homelessness in general is down. Nationally, chronically homeless people only account for about 18% of the homeless population. In addition, many of the shelters refuse
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