Continuum of Care News

Resources and assistance to support HUD's community partners Home Programs Resources Training New HOPWA IDIS Field “Approximate Cost Incurred Date” Functionality The new Integrated Disbursement and Information System (IDIS) update (Release 11.19 scheduled for December 23, 2019) contains an important update for both the Housing Opportunities for

HUD No. 19-177 HUD Press Office FOR RELEASE December 20, 2019 SECRETARY CARSON CERTIFIES ANNUAL DATA:  HOMELESSNESS TICKED UP IN 2019, DRIVEN BY MAJOR INCREASES IN CALIFORNIA Increase in California Higher Than All Other States Combined; Continued Declines Noted Among Veterans and Families with Children WASHINGTON - Ahead of the release of the 2019 Annual Homelessness Report to Congress, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson certified data related to the study. While the rest of the country experienced a combined decrease in homelessness in 2019, significant increases in unsheltered and chronic homelessness on the West Coast, particularly California and Oregon, offset those nationwide decreases, causing an overall increase in homelessness of 2.7 percent in 2019, according to the latest national estimate by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The study found that 567,715 persons experienced homelessness on a si