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Housing Alliance: about 560 people were counted experiencing homelessness in Wilmington on one night in 2024; Friendship House runs Code Purple cold‑weatherShel
Summary
Rachel Stucker, director of Housing Alliance Delaware, told the City of Wilmington Public Safety Committee on Feb. 10 that the statewide point‑in‑time count shows a notable rise in unsheltered homelessness and that roughly 560 people in Wilmington were experiencing homelessness on the night counted in 2024.
Rachel Stucker, director of Housing Alliance Delaware, told the City of Wilmington Public Safety Committee on Feb. 10 that the statewide point‑in‑time (PIT) count — the federally required, one‑night snapshot used by communities that receive federal homeless‑assistance funds — was completed in late January and that preliminary analysis of 2024 PIT data shows increasing unsheltered homelessness.
Stucker said that, when the 2024 numbers are disaggregated to city level, approximately 560 people in the city of Wilmington were experiencing homelessness on the single night counted in January 2024. She said the larger New Castle County total was 837. She cautioned that PIT results are compiled and finalized in spring, and the…
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