NY saw 53% spike in homelessness in 2024 - largely due to migrants in NYC shelters: feds

"The Empire State had more than 158,000 people without a permanent roof over their head - out of more than 771,000 homeless people counted in the US in 2024."

"Migrants staying in emergency shelters throughout the five boroughs 'accounted for almost 88% of the increase in sheltered homelessness in New York City,' the HUD report released last month states."

"In October alone, 130,438 people slept in a city shelter, according to the Coalition for the Homeless, with the not-for-profit group estimating thousands more were on the streets that month."

"The report noted that improved or increased PIT training - which re"

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