Homelessness nearly doubles in blue state in just 2 years: report

The homelessness situation has dramatically worsened successful the bluish authorities of New York wrong conscionable 2 years, according to a study released Wednesday by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. Dinapoli.

Between January 2022 to January 2024, homelessness reportedly much than doubled successful the Empire State, portion the remainder of the federation lone saw a maturation of 21 percent. According to the report, the wide accomplishment of asylum seekers successful New York City caused the monolithic leap successful homelessness.

"An expanding fig of New Yorkers are experiencing lodging insecurity, with an alarming summation successful caller years successful the fig of homeless," Dinapoli said.  

While the situation was partially driven by eviction proceedings, deficiency of affordable lodging and accrued rent, asylum seekers accounted for 88 percent of the summation successful sheltered homelessness successful New York City, according to the report.

US HOMELESSNESS UP DOUBLE DIGITS, RISING NUMBERS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS, AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AMONG CAUSES

 A stateless idiosyncratic sits with their belongings connected Dec. 27, 2024, connected a subway car successful New York City. (Robert Nickelsberg)

"The influx of asylum seekers has been a cardinal crushed for maturation successful the fig of stateless in New York City, and adjacent successful immoderate downstate counties," DiNapoli said. 

"Many of the tens of thousands of asylum seekers that came to New York had nary spot to enactment and drove up spending and a ample information of the maturation of the stateless population," helium continued. 

A stateless person's structure is seen successful a cordoned disconnected country successful New York connected Dec. 27, 2024. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu)

SPENDING ON HOMELESSNESS SPIKES TO A 'SHOCKING' AMOUNT IN PORTLAND METRO AREA

While U.S. homelessness has wide reached a caller highest past year, New Yorkers reportedly relationship for 20% of it astatine 158,000 people. The state’s complaint of homelessness, astatine astir 8 per 1,000 people, was higher than each authorities but for Hawaii and the District of Columbia.

The spike successful New York’s homelessness was besides chiefly driven by New York City, which accounted for 93% of the state’s full fig of homeless.

Additionally, children nether the property of 18 made up a 3rd of the state’s stateless population, 1 of the highest shares successful the nation. The fig of stateless children has much than doubled betwixt the 2 years to 50,000 people. 

A stateless idiosyncratic lies connected the sidewalk successful New York connected Dec. 27, 2024. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu)

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DiNapoli said much needs to beryllium done to assistance support radical successful their homes, particularly households with children.  

According to the report, New York Gov. Kathey Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams person announced affordable lodging proposals successful their caller 2025 argumentation addresses.

New York authorities is besides presently implementing a five-year $25 cardinal lodging program "to make oregon sphere 100,000 affordable homes," according to the Office of Budget Policy and Analysis.