L.A. County experienced a 4% decrease in homelessness in 2025, continuing a trend of decline marked by a 10% drop in those living on the streets. This positive change follows significant financial investments aimed at addressing homelessness and has been achieved through focused efforts to clear encampments and provide emergency shelter options. Officials noted that this marks the first back-to-back decline in homelessness since the count began in 2005. Local leaders emphasize that urgent action has led to these improvements, reflecting a commitment to better solutions for housing the homeless.
Reducing homelessness is now a trend in LA City and county. Our leaders came together to bring people inside and their efforts are paying off.
Homelessness has gone down two years in a row because we chose to act with urgency and reject the broken status quo of leaving people on the street until housing was built.
The 2025 numbers represent the first time, since its inception in 2005, that the point in time homelessness count has shown declines in overall homelessness two years in a row.
The decline in the number of homeless people follows billions in taxpayer funds spent to solve homelessness in the county, and comes with increasing scrutiny of how the money is being spent.
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