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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(114,921 posts) Wed Jan 25, 2023, 03:44 PM Jan 2023

Annual homeless count aims to give snapshot of housing crisis

EVERETT — He didn’t sleep last night.

Instead, the 33-year-old man wandered the streets of Everett, trying to keep warm and stay awake, he said.

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Volunteers equipped with warming kits, new socks and toothbrushes set out Tuesday to count people living on the street, in transitional housing or in a shelter in central Everett.

Last year, 1,184 people were identified as unhoused in Snohomish County during the PIT count, the highest number since 2012.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/annual-homeless-count-aims-to-give-snapshot-of-housing-crisis/

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Annual homeless count aims to give snapshot of housing crisis (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2023 OP

We're waiting for the new count to begin here. Basic LA Jan 2023 #1

Basic LA

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1. We're waiting for the new count to begin here.

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Wed Jan 25, 2023, 05:36 PM

Jan 2023

Last year's homeless count in L.A. County was 69,142!

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