U.S. Homelessness Hits Record High: Why and What To Do

Homelessness in the United States hit record highs in 2024. On today's show: Jennifer Ludden , NPR national correspondent covering housing and homelessness, and Peter Hepburn , associate director of Eviction Lab and an assistant professor of Sociology at Rutgers University-Newark, explain some of the factors of why the rates increased by double digits.