INDIANA — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released the latest national estimate of homelessness, highlighting a continuing decline across the nation. HUD’s 2015 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress found an overall 11 percent decline in the number of persons experiencing homelessness since 2010, including a 26 percent drop in the number of persons living on the streets. In Indiana, local communities reported a total 5,863 persons experienced homelessness, representing a 9.1 percent decline since 2010.
Nationwide, Veteran homelessness declined 36 percent between 2010 and 2015; family homelessness dropped 19 percent, and chronic homelessness fell 22 percent. Meanwhile in Indiana, Veteran homelessness rose 10.6 percent between 2010 and 2015; family homelessness declined 30.3 percent, and chronic homelessness fell 21.5 percent.