LA county reports first drop in deaths of unhoused people in a decade

Most populous US county last year also noted fewer unhoused people in area facing affordable housing shortage More than 2,200 unhoused people died in Los Angeles in 2024, marking the first time in a decade that the homeless mortality rate decreased in the nation’s most populous county, public health officials announced on Tuesday. The signs of progress come as the county has also reported decreases in the overall unhoused population in a region that has long struggled with a severe affordable...

By Sam Levin in Los Angeles