In 2019, most of the country experienced a combined decrease in homelessness, however significant increases in unsheltered and chronic homelessness on the West Coast, particularly in California and Oregon, offset those nationwide decreases, causing an overall increase in homelessness of 2.7 percent. HUD’s 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress found that 567,715 persons experienced homelessness on a single night in 2019, an increase of 2.7 percent since 2018, but a nearly 11 percent decline since 2010. The number of families with children experiencing homelessness declined 5 percent from 2018 and more than 32 percent since 2010. Local communities also reported a continuing trend in reducing veteran homelessness across the country—the number of veterans experiencing homelessness fell 2.1 percent since January 2018 and by 50 percent since 2010.
The grants HUD is awarding include the following:
2019 Continuum of Care Grants (Tier 2)
State
Number of Projects
Amount
Alaska 2
$ 174,211 Alabama 9
$ 1,421,956 Arizona 5
$ 1,683,237 California 65
$ 20,775,666 Colorado 8
$ 1,769,241 Connecticut 4
$ 3,434,997 District of Columbia 5
$ 1,006,515 Delaware 2
$ 389,354 Florida 37
$ 6,562,907 Georgia 13
$ 1,976,006 Guam 1
$ 51,165 Hawaii 2
$ 758,223 Iowa 6
$ 622,424 Idaho 3
$ 229,369 Illinois 36
$ 6,223,731 Indiana 6
$ 1,642,169 Kansas 5
$ 274,623 Kentucky 7
$ 1,311,974 Louisiana 11
$ 4,182,333 Massachusetts 21
$ 4,498,300 Maryland 16
$ 2,564,411 Maine 5
$ 671,345 Michigan 35
$ 4,364,757 Minnesota 15
$ 1,298,837 Missouri 12
$ 2,026,284 Mississippi 4
$ 582,948 Montana 1
$ 43,430 North Carolina 15
$ 1,088,286 North Dakota 1
$ 114,993 Nebraska 4
$ 450,113 New Hampshire 4
$ 371,362 New Jersey 22
$ 2,286,952 New Mexico 5
$ 519,054 Nevada 4
$ 182,771 New York 48
$ 11,497,589 Ohio 22
$ 5,791,693 Oklahoma 7
$ 369,262 Oregon 8
$ 1,975,979 Pennsylvania 33
$ 5,269,089 Puerto Rico 12
$ 1,957,984 Rhode Island 5
$ 355,666 South Carolina 5
$ 376,055 South Dakota 1
$ 102,644 Tennessee 13
$ 1,037,961 Texas 22
$ 6,927,385 Utah 5
$ 508,121 Virginia 17
$ 1,744,738 Virgin Islands 1
$ 8,402 Vermont 3
$ 186,053 Washington 21
$ 3,645,985 Wisconsin 8
$ 1,332,730 West Virginia 6
$ 212,744 Wyoming 2
$ 80,920 TOTAL 630
$ 118,934,944