US Homelessness Epidemic Explodes Under Biden-Harris

The latest Annual Homelessness Assessment Report, released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), reveals that homelessness across the United States has surged to record highs during the Biden-Harris administration. This is largely attributed to the ongoing housing affordability crisis. Additionally, Biden-Harris’ disastrous open southern border policies unleashed untold millions of illegal aliens, compounding the problem as Democrat-run cities are giving free hotel rooms to illegals while their own homeless populations suffer.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reports that homelessness is up 18% this year.

California is of course #1.

Great job Democrats! pic.twitter.com/3RrVxZrlE3

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 27, 2024

HUD’s report found 770,000 people were ‘experiencing homelessness’ on a single night in January 2024, an 18% jump from 2023 figures. This number does not include the nation’s entire homeless population because some stay with friends or family. 

The figure follows a dramatic 12% rise in homelessness in 2023, and is the highest since the country began using the yearly point-in-time survey in 2007. 

While American tax money goes to foreign wars in Israel and Ukraine..

This is America!

A pandemic of poverty, homelessness, mental illness, and drug abuse.

This is not America First. pic.twitter.com/s7bQwMkW97

— Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis (@DrLoupis) December 29, 2024

“Migration had a particularly notable impact on family homelessness, which rose 39% from 2023-2024,” HUD wrote in the report. 

HUD continued, “In the 13 communities that reported being affected by migration, family homelessness more than doubled. Whereas in the remaining 373 communities, the rise in families experiencing homelessness was less than 8%.“ 

Massively concerning is that 150,000 children experienced homelessness, a 33% jump in 2024 when compared to the prior year. The report does not separate the number of homeless immigrants vs. US citizens.

Robert Marbut Jr., the former executive director of the US Interagency Council on Homelessness from 2019 to 2021, told AP News the latest HUD figures over the past four years are “disgraceful.” 

“We need to focus on treatment of substance use and mental illness, and bring back program requirements, like job training,” Marbut said in an email response to the media outlet.

While homelessness rose 18% in 2024, Democrat-run cities were giving free hotels to illegal immigrants.

Never forget this.

— Lance Gooden (@Lancegooden) December 29, 2024

Besides Biden-Harris importing the third world to the first world and the worsening housing affordability crisis amid the government-sparked inflation storm, HUD blamed some of the homelessness on natural disasters. 

HUD’s data is nearly a year old, and both the housing affordability crisis and illegal alien invasion have persisted. 

Of note, more than half of people experiencing homelessness nationwide resided in just four states: California, New York, Florida, and Washington. 

Hey @BernieSanders why is homelessness so much worse in blue states with the policies you advocate versus red states with policies that encourage getting a job?

Here’s the chart from Biden’s HUD; compare TX & FL to CA, OR, NY & VT: https://t.co/yzA87a9FLY pic.twitter.com/QvgCAda5cz

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 28, 2024

Gavin Newsom failed California. 

Gavin Newsom bragging about the second derivative of homelessness is insane deflection.

Here’s what homelessness under his “leadership” actually looks like, from his own state auditor: https://t.co/I4YvpPY6gc pic.twitter.com/HPmdHwTRLR

— Kane 謝凱堯 (@kane) December 28, 2024

Big sigh! 

The more we spend on homelessness, the worse it gets. Here’s where it’s all going: pic.twitter.com/Z5jPuZtswi

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 29, 2024

This latest report should come as no surprise to readers already aware that “America’s Homeless Population Reaches Record High Under Biden-Harris Admin” and that the economy is in far more dire straits than the government has acknowledged (thank the BLS statisticians).

It’s not just that this story was relevant before the election and they waited, it’s that they’re back to using “homeless” instead of “unhoused.” https://t.co/0V9xn1U8Oa

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) December 28, 2024