OUR WORK
Our work addresses the causes driving the housing and homelessness crises and offers humane and enterprising solutions. Our communities should be places of opportunity for all of their inhabitants: welcoming surroundings in which to come together to live, work, play, and create. The unchecked scourge of homelessness saps life and dignity from both those living in the streets and those prevented from the free and full use of our shared spaces.
San Francisco has seen a 17% increase in homelessness since 2017 (31% if you use a broader definition that includes those in jails, hospitals, and residential treatment centers). During that time, homelessness has jumped 40% in San Jose, and 47% in Oakland.
Since 2012, the City of San Francisco spending on homelessness has increased by 132%, while the numbers of people experiencing homelessness has increased 52%.
A Tale of Two Cities. Between the years of 2009 and 2019, the Homeless population in San Antonio, decreased -11.2%, while the homeless population in San Francisco rose +79%.
Homelessness has decreased across the country, from 647,000 in 2007 to approximately 568,000 in 2019 (a decline of more than 12%), it has continued to increase in California, from about 139,000 to more than 151,000 during the same period (a rise of nearly 9% percent).
