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HUD Reports Drop In Homeless Numbers

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The US Department of Housing and Urban Development reports that homelessness is declining in Tennessee and across the nation.

The latest estimates from HUD counted just over 9,500 homeless individuals in Tennessee. That’s down by 748 from 2010.

Homelessness among military veterans was down by 8%; chronic homelessness down 7%. Chronic homelessness is homelessness for a year or longer, or at least four episodes of homelessness in the last three years.

HUD’s annual estimates come from measuring homelessness in more than 3,000 cities on a single night in January each year. 

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.