New Findings on Homelessness in Marin County

The Marin County Department of Health and Human Services has learned that homelessness in Marin County grew by 8.5 percent in 2022. A key finding from the point-in-time count analysis also revealed that 78 percent of people experiencing homelessness locally were Marin residents before they lost housing. “Rising rents, a slow climb out of the pandemic, and growing demand for housing without adding to the supply combine to price people out of housing and into homelessness,” said board of supervisors president Katie Rice. To help address this issue, Marin officials are getting $5 million in state funds to provide services and housing, with the Richardson Bay Regional Agency receiving $3 million of those funds to house people illegally living on boats anchored near Sausalito.

 

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