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NM homelessness rate highest in nation.
A recent report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found that from 2018 to 2019, New Mexico had a 27 percent increase in homelessness, the largest spike in the nation.
"We see so many more homeless people coming and sleeping in the area, and wanting and needing for food," said Swarupa Watlington, the executive director of Store House New Mexico.
The HUD data came from the Point-in-Time count, which counts sheltered and unsheltered people, but only every two years.
https://www.koat.com/article/nm-homelessness-rate-on-the-rise-highest-in-nation/30475496
