County
Total # homeless
2015
Total # homeless
2016
Sheltered homeless
2015
Sheltered
Homeless
2016
Homeless individuals
2015
Homeless individuals 2016
Dutchess
375
385
360
363
15
22
Orange
495
343
350
323
145
20
Westchester
1,797
1,750
1,779
1,716
27
34
Rockland
117
141
92
109
25
32
Sullivan
130
163
128
163
2
0
Ulster
343
328
277
290
66
0
Source: US Department of Housing and Urban Development
NEW YORK – Homelessness in the Hudson Valley is declining, according to a 2016 report by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The report found a 4.5 percent drop in the number of people experiencing homelessness in the region on a single night in 2016.
Since 2010, homelessness in the Valley is down 5.8 percent, with major reductions in the number of unsheltered persons, chronic homelessness, and veterans’ homelessness.
“Across the Hudson Valley, HUD-funded homeless service providers are leading the way in housing the homeless,” said HUD Regional Director Holly Leicht. “Unprecedented collaboration at all levels of government and innovative strategies backed by federal resources have resulted in major declines in unsheltered, chronic, and veterans’ homelessness.”
