San Diego is ending the year with rare good news on its homelessness crisis.
For the first time since March 2022, the number of newly housed San Diegans outpaced the number who became homeless for the first time in November.
The Regional Task Force on Homelessness reports that 950 people exited homelessness last month while 894 people accessed homeless services for the first time.
The shift follows the release of Task Force data in early December showing a nearly 30 percent year-over-year spike in formerly unhoused people moving into homes that was eclipsed by the number of newly homeless San Diegans.
Task Force CEO Tamera Kohler cheered the end to a more than two-year stint where countywide efforts to house homeless residents fell short of the flood of people losing their homes but sent a cautionary signal about whether what happened in November will endure.
She argued that the region must address a housing market now unable to meet demand for low-income housing to see a lasting shift.
“We obviously want to see these trend lines continue in 2025, but I’ll say this again: we need more housing across the board, and we need a dedicated funding source to help our most vulnerable friends, neighbors, seniors, veterans, and families,” Kohler said.
Thanks Lisa for diving into the more unpopular topics with so much zest!
The numbers are all a lie. You are the only people who don’t understand. Homeless are not people.
Here’s what we do: force out the NYC, San Fran teleworkers with their huge incomes.
Prevent any foreign country or even out of state person or business from owning San Diego property – even indirectly – and is monitored by an office we standup.
Immediately force substance abusing homeless in to rehab jail until clean and find them jobs in affordable states. 3rd rebound has them exiled to a desert homeless camp with other junkies. Violent offenders go to an oven.
To the commenter above why don’t we strip you of everything you own from you’re cozy rich gated community and throw you down on skid row see if you can survive a week then you’d understand there are still genuine honest great people who have been struck down by a crushing over priced cost of living. For Christ sakes Chula vista is 57% above the average rental capabilities of the entire nation let’s start with that not even including the cost of food down there sheesh y’all people have so much hate for the homeless it makes me sick to my stomach to think people like you actually exist.! SMFH……👎🏻😠🥺😬😑😐😶😶🌫️🫥🤐
Good News – Congratulations San Diego!