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The figures bear on housing needs and the work of local governments and service providers across the country. The reports offer competing explanations for the decrease, so they do not establish which policies or conditions drove it.
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U.S. homelessness fell by its largest amount in over a decade in 2025
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The U.S. homeless population fell by its largest amount in more than a decade in 2025, but remained near 700,000, according to NPR. The Trump administration and advocacy groups disagree about what drove the decline.
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