Minnesota developers foster stability through supportive housing

On a single night in October 2023, 10,522 people were experiencing homelessness in Minnesota, according to a Wilder Research count. About four in 10 were under age 24.

Distressing as it is to imagine more than 10,000 fellow Minnesotans without a safe place to sleep, the 2023 count marks a 7% decrease from 2018, the last time Wilder counted the state’s homeless population. Hennepin County, which committed in 2017 to end chronic homelessness by this year, saw a sharper decline of 36% between 2021 and 2023, according to Bloomberg CityLab reporter Sarah Holder.

Minnesota’s most populous county can at least partially attribute its success in reducing homelessness to an aggressive permanent housing program that saw more than 1,500 residents move into “single-room occupancy units, group homes or homeless-dedicated units with support services,” Holder wrote…

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