# @houstonpubmedia on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C19-3itxoqJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66404554-houstonpubmedia-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-01-11T17:32:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jayla Rhodes (@jayrhomedia) — https://gondola.cc/jayrhomedia

## Caption

The number of Texans experiencing homelessness is back at pre-pandemic levels, federal data shows.

Homelessness in Texas grew by more than 12% in 2023, in line with national trends, according to estimates released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development last month. 

Homelessness rose in nearly every demographic group measured by the Point-in-Time Count estimate. The number of unhoused veterans and families with children grew in 2023 by 19% and 4.9% respectively. More Black and Hispanic people experienced homelessness than in the previous year.

The state's overall population of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness — meaning they slept in outdoor spaces like encampments or other places people aren't meant to live — grew by 6.5%, but fell in places like Dallas and Houston.

Read about how Houston and other parts of the state are addressing homelessness at houstonpublicmedia.org

📸: Lucio Vasquez / Houston Public Media
#Unhoused #HoustonUnhoused #Homelessness #TexasPopulation

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texaspopulation, unhoused, homelessness, houstonunhoused

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