Los Angeles reported that after countless efforts to address the homeless problem, the city’s homeless population has decreased for the first time in six years.
According to a press release from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA): Revealed The homeless population in the city of Los Angeles is 45,252, a 2.2% decrease from the 2023 forecast released by LAHSA. Revealed There are approximately 46,260 homeless people in the city.
LAHSA also revealed that the city’s unsheltered population decreased to 29,275, or 10.4%, but the number of sheltered residents in Los Angeles increased to 15,977, or 17.7%, according to a press release.
“For many years, there has been a documented increase in homelessness and we have all felt it in our neighborhoods,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said. statement“But we embraced change, and we changed the trajectory of this crisis and set Los Angeles in a new direction.”
The city has seen a 38 percent drop in temporary housing, he added, and “the number of people moving into permanent housing is at an all-time high.”
This follows the recent opening of a high-rise housing tower to house the homeless, which cost $600,000 per unit to build.
Bass previously asked Los Angeles residents to donate money to buy property to house the city’s homeless people.
Over the past few years, Los Angeles has attempted to address homelessness in the city through several tax increases.
