In D.C., 28 percent of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ
Editor’s Note: This article is part of our 2024 contribution to the D.C. Homeless Crisis Reporting Project in collaboration with other local newsrooms.
The collective works will be published throughout the week at bit.ly/DCHCRP. The LGBTQ operated and LGBTQ supportive homeless shelters and transitional housing facilities in D.C.
are operating at full capacity this year as the number of homeless city residents, including LGBTQ homeless residents, continues to increase, according to the latest information available.
The annual 2024 Point-In-Time (PIT) count of homeless people in the District of Columbia conducted in January, shows that 12 percent of the homeless adults and 28 percent of homeless youth between the age of 18 and 24 identify as LGBTQ.
