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Reducing Homelessness
Learn how the City of Carlsbad is addressing homelessness and its effects on the community.
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The City of Carlsbad is committed to addressing the problem of homelessness in our community and has devoted local resources toward this goal. To meet the goals of the City Council's 5-Year Strategic Plan, staff are implementing an updated Homelessness Action Plan to reduce homelessness and its effects on the community.
The Homelessness Action Plan continues the city's strategy of focusing on programs that will make the biggest difference for Carlsbad.
Annual homeless count released
Earlier this week, the Regional Task Force on Homelessness released the results of January’s Point in Time count, a national effort to collect data on homelessness on the same day over a four-hour period. The results show regionwide homelessness has increased (about 18%), but the rate of the increase is less than it was last year.
In Carlsbad, the number of unsheltered homeless counted was 112, up from 60 in 2023. To put these numbers in perspective:
- Carlsbad makes up approximately 3.5% of the region’s population but has less than 1.8% of the region’s unsheltered population.
- Carlsbad’s unsheltered population makes up 9% of the total North County unsheltered population.
Because the results can vary widely, depending on the number of volunteers in your area, weather and other variables, Point in Time results are just one of several data points we track as part of our Homelessness Action Plan.
Our latest progress report has detailed information about our efforts and results. Our next six month report will be presented to the City Council in about a month.