A boom in shelter beds didn't translate into more permanent housing
Annual emergency shelter capacity vs. shelter residents who moved into permanent housing
Line chart of annual total of emergency shelter beds and the annual count of shelter residents moving into permanent housing. The number of emergency beds more than doubles from about 25 thousand in 2017 to nearly 55 thousand in 2023. Meanwhile the residents moving to permanent housing remains stagnant averaging about 14 thousand over the same period.
