The 2025 Annual Homeless Count revealed a significant decline in homelessness, with Los Angeles County experiencing a 9.5% decrease and the city seeing a 7.9% drop. The unsheltered population in the county has decreased by 14% over two years, while the city’s unsheltered count has fallen by 17.5%. Residents of Skid Row expressed concerns about the prioritization of housing for immigrants over long-time residents. Some reported difficulties in maintaining housing after receiving temporary support, highlighting ongoing struggles faced by those transitioning out of homelessness.
"Immigrants here are being housed before the people who are actually waiting." - Rick Wesco
"There are more people this year, people have traveled more this year into downtown Los Angeles." - Kala Denise Jordan Nadal
"It's a different summer." - William Mays
"They put me in and they put me back out on the street... They housed me, gave me a voucher and took the voucher back." - William Mays
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