The pandemic recession could cause an enormous spike in homelessness, L.A. County is
projected to see an 86% increase in chronic homelessness by 2023; The pandemic recession
will cause roughly twice as much homelessness over the next four years in the United States as did the Great Recession. That’s the grim prediction offered up by a Los Angeles-based research organization, which released a study today that forecasts rates of homelessness based on the country’s experience with its last major economic shock.
-603,000 additional working-age adults will lack a permanent home in the United States, a 20% increase over 2019.
-131,400 additional working-age adults will lack a permanent home in California, a 26% increase over 2019.
-52,300 additional working-age Los Angeles residents will lack a permanent home, a 35% increase in the number of homeless people.
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