Inside California’s complex and growing homelessness crisis

U.S. homelessness jumps to another record high, amid affordable housing shortage

NATIONAL: NPR's report on July 12, 2023, highlights the challenges associated with ending homelessness in the United States. The article identifies four key reasons why achieving this goal remains difficult: 1)More people than ever are being housed — but an even higher number are falling into homelessness 2)Rents are out of reach for many, and millions of affordable places have disappeared 3)Zoning laws and local opposition make it hard to build housing for low-income renters 4)Pandemic aid prog