HUD REPORTS SLIGHT DECLINE IN NATION’S HOMELESSNESS IN 2012

PORTLAND – December 11, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — On a single night in January, 2012, 633,782 people were homeless in the United States, largely unchanged from the year before. In releasing HUD’s latest national estimate of homelessness, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan noted that even during a historic housing and economic downturn, local communities are reporting significant declines in the number of homeless veterans and those experiencing long-term chronic homelessness