012726-PIT-Count-Fresno-LV-24-CM (4).jpg

From left to right, Vanessa Agredano and Zack Darrah speak with an unhoused person during Fresno’s point-in-time count on Jan. 27.

The number of people with nowhere to call home decreased both in California and nationwide last year, according to a long-awaited federal report.

The data, showing the first decrease in homelessness in years, provided fuel for activists challenging the Trump administration’s narrative that current homelessness policies are failing and need to be overhauled.

Recommended for you