Homelessness tends to increase as rental vacancy rates decrease.

Percent change in homelessness and rental vacancy rates from 2007. Greater Boston.

Note: We exclude the 2020 vacancy rate due to data limitations with the American Community Survey. We do not yet have 2023 vacancy rates.
Chart: Boston IndicatorsSource: PIT Estimates. 2007-2022 1-Yr American Community Survey DataGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper