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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.
Its odd that all the sudden since being under investigation for billions of dollars going unaccounted for these SO CAL Counties are coming out stating homelessness has decreased compared to prior yrs.
YEAH RIGHT and im CELIONE DIONE!!
LIES,LIES, AND MORE LIES
Its such a disapointment that they have gotten away with comitting Major Fraud. Yet they want to throw people in jail for not being housed.
These people from so called homeless outreach programs getting paid to give false hope to t h e homeless communities, driving around in their nice county owned vehicles to check on their clients or offer their resources… WHAT RESOURCES ?? there isnt any. A shelter…. oh wow. Really that what they call resources. This is what billions in funding for southern ca has done to help the homeless. ABSOLUTLY NOTHING FOLKS!! Oh wait .. let me take that back . If your one of the lucky ones you might get put up in a run down cock roach infected black mold infested motel room until an apartment becomes available. Ha ha so you thought til 1 day your case worker shows up to ” check up on you” just to tell you you have a wk to get out of the motel room funding has come to an rnd for thst particular program you just so happen to be in. And just like that back to the sidewalk we go.
Talk about loss of HOPE , slap in the face, complete disapointment and a very devastating thing to do to someone experiancing being homeless. Especially being in the mental health care system with a professional diagnosis of having anxiety and depression.
I know all about there lies and decietfull acts all to well. That homeless person in that motel room was me.