The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) is set to release the results of its 2024 homeless count, the largest census of unsheltered persons in the United States, at 10:30 a.m. PDT today.
Ben Henwood, director of USC’s Center for Homelessness, Housing and Health Equity (H3E), has served as the methodological lead for the count since 2017. Henwood is available to provide insights on methodologies used in data collection as well as key findings and trends observed.
Last year’s count identified more than 75,000 people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County and over 46,000 in the City of Los Angeles.
Henwood is also a professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, where H3E is based.
For further information or interviews, contact Emily Gersema at gersema@usc.edu or (213) 712-3168; USC Media Relations at uscnews@usc.edu or (213) 740-2215.
