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HSH: San Francisco's 2024 PIT count shows modest rise in total homelessness, sharp increase in vehicle homelessness
Summary
HSH officials reported a 7% rise in total homelessness since 2022, with more families sheltered and a 37% increase in people living in vehicles; HSH released new dashboards and said limitations remain in a single-night count.
Shereen McSpadden, director of the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH), and Sarah Loker, HSH manager of data and performance, presented the city's 2024 point-in-time (PIT) count and related data to the Homeless Oversight Commission. HSH reported a 7% increase in total homelessness since 2022 and described shifting patterns in where and how people are living.
The PIT counted 4,354 people living unsheltered on the night of the survey and 3,969 people in shelter or transitional housing. Loker said unsheltered street and tent counts were down 13% from 2022, while the number of people…
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