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Despite expert predictions that local homelessness rates have soared due
to the pandemic, new data released Monday showed that San Francisco’s
unhoused population has fallen 3.5% since 2019, the first such decline
the city has reported in years. The data shows the total number of
unhoused residents in San Francisco at 7,754, down from the 8,035
homeless people counted in 2019 when the city saw a 17% spike. The
number of unsheltered people in tents and cars dropped 15%. The data
from San Francisco’s point-in-time count, which was conducted during one
night in February, is preliminary, pending a more robust analysis to be
released in July. But the early findings show a clear reduction in the
city’s total homeless population and more homeless people living in
shelters rather than on the street or in a vehicle than in 2019.
Learn more about the homelessness data in San Francisco here.
