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Riverside has slowed the growth of its homeless population, and steered more people into shelters than it ever has, according to a statement on the city’s website.
The city had 614 unsheltered individuals living within its borders, up from 605 one year earlier and 307 in 2022, according to the annual Point-in Time count, which was conducted Jan. 22.
The count also revealed that 473 homeless people were in a shelter at time of this year’s count, an improvement over previous years, when fewer individuals were sheltered when the count was conducted: 372 in 2023 and 398 in 2022.
“These data clearly show that our efforts are having a real impact, and we’re moving in the right direction,” Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson said in the statement. “In recent years, with every new homeless count, we saw significant increases, but this year’s numbers show that the population of unsheltered individuals in Riverside has stabilized. That is progress.”
Twenty one percent of the homeless people surveyed said they had been without a permanent place to live for less than one year, according to the statement.
