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Homelessness is down in California and across the country, says new federal report

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE with nowhere to call home decreased both in California and nationwide last year, according to a long-awaited federal report. The data, showing the first decrease in homelessness in years, provided fuel for activists challenging the Trump administration’s narrative that current homelessness policies are failing and need to be overhauled. There were 181,934 homeless […] The post Homelessness is down in California and across the country, says new federal report appeared first on Local News Matters .

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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Homelessness is down in California and across the country, says new federal report, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE with nowhere to call home decreased both in California and nationwide last year, according to a long-awaited federal report. The data, showing the first decrease in homelessness in years, provided fuel for activists challenging the Trump administration’s narrative that current homelessness policies are failing and need to be overhauled. There were 181,934 homeless […] The post Homelessness is down in California and across the country, says new federal report appeared first on Local News Matters .

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