Report shows increasing number of homeless seniors in San Diego [Video]

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The Regional Taskforce on Homelessness recently released its 2024 “Point-In-Time Count” of the homeless population in the San Diego region.

“What’s going on in our city is a crisis,” said Donnie Dee, CEO of the San Diego Rescue Mission. “It’s a one-day snapshot of the minimum number of people experiencing homelessness.”

According to the data, there was a 3% increase. This is significantly less that last year’s increase of 20%.

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“As long as there are this many people sleeping on the streets, we should be concerned. But I think we need to do a better job,” said Dee.

Dee did applaud the work being done, but he said the approach is not sustainable.

“The government funding is the elephant in the room, not that they shouldn’t be involved with government funding. Their approach is ‘housing first’…and we’re here to tell you at San Diego Rescue …