Number of sheltered homeless
plunged after record high
Chart shows the daily number of New
Yorkers who slept in the Department
of Homeless Services shelters,
from Dec 2013 to Dec 2021
70K
50K
30K
10K
0
Dec 2013
Dec’15
Dec’17
Dec’19
Dec’21
Note: Total sheltered population excludes
people in these facilities: Safe Havens,
veteran shelters, overnight drop-in centers,
faith beds, transitional housing beds,
stabilization beds, youth centers as
well as shelters for domestic violence
survivors and for people with HIV/AIDS.
Source: Department of Homeless Services
SUHAIL BHAT / THE CITY
Number of sheltered homeless plunged after record high
Chart shows the daily number of New Yorkers who slept in the Department of Homeless Services shelters, from Dec 2013 to Dec 2021
70,000
50,000
30,000
10,000
0
Dec 2013
Dec’14
Dec’15
Dec’16
Dec’17
Dec’18
Dec’19
Dec’20
Dec 2021
Note: Total sheltered population excludes people in these facilities: Safe Havens, veteran shelters,
overnight drop-in centers, faith beds, transitional housing beds, stabilization beds, youth centers
as well as shelters for domestic violence survivors and for people with HIV/AIDS.
Source: Department of Homeless Services (DHS)
SUHAIL BHAT / THE CITY