Record-high count shows government failing on homelessness. Trump and SCOTUS may make it even worse

More than 770,000 people were experiencing homelessness on any given night in 2024 .

That figure marks an 18% increase from 2023 and a new record high since 2007 .

Veterans were the only population to see a decline in homelessness, continuing a year-over-year trend.

Advocates say the annual point-in-time count does not capture a holistic picture of homelessness.

The data should be more of a call-to-action to federal lawmakers than it is, says National Homelessness Law Center's Jesse Rabinowitz .

In his campaign platform, Agenda 47 , now-President-elect Donald Trump outlined a drastic plan to address what he called the "scourge of homelessness" He says the nation's homelessness crisis is poised to worsen under the incoming Trump administration.