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acording to this website, "the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimated that approximately 653,100 people were experiencing homelessness on any given night, marking a 12% increase from the previous year." showing the amount of homelness in USA.

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Acording to the institute of global homelessness, "The United Nations Human Settlements Program estimates that 1.6 billion people live in inadequate housing, and the best data available suggest that more than 100 million people have no housing at all. Homelessness is growing in many parts of the world, occurs in all nations, and has severe negative impacts on individuals and on communities" showing the amount of homless people around the globe

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About Us - Institute of Global Homelessness

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I will do photography because I think is the best way to show my global issue homelessness in NY city.

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This site states "In June 2024, 132,293 people slept each night in NYC shelters. Thousands more (there is no reliable number, as the annual HOPE estimate is deeply flawed) slept unsheltered in public spaces, and more than 200,000 people slept temporarily doubled-up in the homes of others. Thus, it can be estimated that more than 350,000 people were without homes in NYC in June 2024"

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The Coalition for the Homeless provides up-to-date information on New York City's homeless population. In recent years, homelessness in New York City has reached the highest levels since the Great Depression. You can find more information about homelessness at the following page: Facts About Homelessness (main page)

This page provides an overview of homelessness in New York City. Here you can find the key statistics about New York City's homeless shelter population and a brief description of some of the main factors causing modern homelessness. You can also download a fact sheet about homelessness in New York City.

Learn more about the data here.

Also see: How many total people are homeless in NYC?
The Basic Facts:

In recent years, homelessness in New York City has reached the highest levels since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

In August 2023, there were 86,510 homeless people, including 29,721 homeless children, sleeping each night in New York City's main municipal shelter system. A total of 23,912 single adults slept in shelters each night in August 2023.

Over the course of City Fiscal Year 2022, 102,656 different homeless adults and children slept in the New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) shelter system. This includes 29,653 homeless children.

Families entering shelters predominantly come from a few clustered zip codes in the poorest neighborhoods in New York City. However, homeless families and single adults come from every community district in NYC prior to entering shelters.

The number of homeless New Yorkers sleeping each night in municipal shelters is now 68 percent higher than it was 10 years ago. The number of homeless single adults is 119 percent higher than it was 10 years ago.

Research shows that the primary cause of homelessness, particularly among families, is lack of affordable housing. Surveys of homeless families have identified the following major immediate, triggering causes of homelessness: eviction; doubled-up or severely overcrowded housing; domestic violence; job loss; and hazardous housing conditions.

Research shows that, compared to homeless families, homeless single adults have higher rates of serious mental illness, addiction disorders, and other severe health problems.

Each night thousands of unsheltered homeless people sleep on New York City streets, in the subway system, and in other public spaces. There is no accurate measurement of New York City's unsheltered homeless population, and recent City surveys significantly underestimate the number of unsheltered homeless New Yorkers.

Studies show that the large majority of unsheltered homeless New Yorkers are people living with mental illness or other severe health problems.

Black and Hispanic/Latinx New Yorkers are disproportionately affected by homelessness. Approximately 56 percent of heads of household in shelters are Black, 32 percent are Hispanic/Latinx, 7 percent are White, less than 1 percent are Asian-American or Native American, and 4 percent are of unknown race/ethnicity.

In City Fiscal Year 2023, the average length of stay in the DHS shelter system was 412 days for single adults, 437 days for families with children, and 750 days for adult families.

In November 2019, DHS estimated that 77 percent of adult families, 68 percent of single adults, and 53 percent of families with children sleeping in shelters had at least one disability.

New York City Homelessness: Downloads

The following documents are available for download:
Updated October, 2023

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Basic Facts About Homelessness: New York City

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Basic facts about homelessness in New York City, including the number of people staying in shelters in the city.