America's Homeless Population Reaches Record High Under Biden-Harris Admin. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's latest report on homelessness in the United States, 653,104 Americans were homeless in 2023. Last year, levels of homelessness climbed for the sixth year. While in 2017 and 2018, growth was slow, homelessness increased more in 2020 and finally skyrocketed in 2023 by growing 12 percent compared to the year prior. https://www.statista.com/chart/24642/total-number-of-homeless-people-in-the-us-by-year/