More than 75,000 people unhoused in Los Angeles county, but officials see progress

A homeless encampment in Los Angeles on 6 July 2023. Photograph: Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

Los Angeles’s unhoused population remained steady from 2023 to 2024, marking the first time in years the county did not record an increase in homelessness, officials said.

The Los Angeles homeless services authority (Lahsa) announced on Friday that it counted 75,312 unhoused people across the county this year, a 0.27% decrease from the unhoused population recorded in 2023.