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Kentucky’s Homeless Rate Drops Sharply
By: Associated Press
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – A federal agency is reporting a sharp drop in Kentucky’s homeless rate since 2010.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says communities in Kentucky reported a total of 4,538 people who experienced homelessness on a given night in January 2015. It says that rate is down 31 percent since 2010.
It says the statewide homeless rate was down 11 percent from 2014 to 2015.
Meanwhile, the report issued Thursday says homelessness among military veterans has fallen by 7 percent in Kentucky in recent years. It says that on a single night this past January, 591 veterans were homeless and 8 percent of them were on the streets.
The report says that since 2010, chronic homelessness in the state has declined by 45 percent.