Homelessness 2018 in the United States
Homelessness in the U.S. has remained almost flat in 2018, highlighting the magnitude of the problem in Seattle, where the number of homeless people swelled by more than 10 times the national average, according to new federal data.\n\nHomelessness rose 0.3 percent nationally this year, according to a report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The agency announced the results of counts of homeless people from one night in January in more than 3,000 cities and counties, a study that\u2019s been conducted annually for more than a decade. Seattle remained \u2014 as it has since 2015 \u2014 third in the nation when it comes to the sheer number of homeless people.Seattle Times