· in february last year, city council unveiled a plan that would reopen the priority list for federal housing programs to shelter residents, and create a new rental assistance program to help them leave the shelter system. · the surge in homelessness over the past two years is alarming. Are overwhelmed and overflowing. With more workers heading back to the office and pet essentials like food and veterinary care prices swelling, the number of. Claims by right-wing ideologues and bloomberg officials that targeting housing aid to homeless families leads to a surge in families seeking shelter are bogus. These claims have been repeatedly proven false by academic researchers, budget analysts, and the historical record. Fortunately, it can be reversed, by better controlling the border, and by bringing unsheltered homeless people indoors and more. · the recent rise in the number of homeless individuals in some communities, such as new york city, partly reflected efforts to shelter a rising number of asylum seekers. · state officials say a lack of affordable housing is behind a sharp rise in chronic homelessness. · the bottom line: The homelessness response system added 60,143 shelter beds in 2024, but with over 600,000 people entering homelessness for the first time each year, this is deeply inadequate. · increases in shelter have not kept pace with demand. · animal shelters across the u. s. When los angeles mayor karen bass campaigned last year on reining in homelessness, she laid out.

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