Wisconsin also saw an increase from the year prior, with over 5,000 homeless people counted statewide in January 2024.

Homelessness surveys are being singled out for worsening racial disparities by systematically prioritizing homeless white ...

I feel like I would have been treated differently [if I was white]. I’ve seen it ... understanding the challenges faced by Black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities, who are disproportionately ...

In Illinois, Black residents are eight times more likely to be homeless than white residents.

The report from the University of Illinois Chicago showed a number of structural issues contributing to this disparity — a lack of affordable housing and sufficient income chief among them.

Homelessness among Black Illinois residents is more than double ... which recently came out found that front liquid assets for white families in Chicago. The average liquid assets for white ...

The surveys are being singled out for worsening racial disparities by systematically placing homeless white people at the front of the line, ahead of their Black peers — partly because the scoring ...