Joann Alexander, 69, stands with other people outside the Homeless Resource Center on Dec. 18, 2023. / Photo by Peggy Peattie for Voice of San Diego

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It’s now been two years since San Diego County’s efforts to house homeless residents outpaced the number of people falling into homelessness for the first time.

The Regional Task Force on Homelessness reported Tuesday that 1,337 people became homeless for the first time in March and 1,226 exited homelessness.

What this means: For the past 24 months, local programs trying to combat homelessness haven’t been able to keep up with the flood of people losing their homes.

One community leader’s take: “This sobering anniversary reveals the continued impact of high housing costs, and low housing stock, on our region,” Task Force CEO Tamera Kohler wrote in a statement. “We must work together to reverse this troubling direction across our region by building abundant housing for people of all income levels, keeping people in their homes and quickly ending someone’s homelessness if they experience it.”

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  1. And the gov’t response is tax the other half who are left. Make everybody homeless dependent on gov’t. Sacramento’s solution.

    1. “This sobering anniversary reveals the continued impact of high housing costs, and low housing stock, on our region,” Task Force CEO Tamera Kohler wrote in a statement.

      This is also a joke on the public. Other costs not being addressed, taxes, water hikes, electric hikes, insurance hikes, gas prices, trash fees, and the list goes on. These people never speak of these factors.

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