Stigmas Surrounding Homelessness
Homelessness is a major problem nationwide.
More than 187,000 people in California — from all walks of life — experience homelessness on any given night, and a series of systemic and social factors lead them there. People who are couch-surfing or living in an RV are still experiencing homelessness; they do not have a home to call their own.
Protecting Unhoused People
Affordable housing should be the top priority.
DID YOU KNOW?
- 121,434 low-income renter households in Orange County do not have access to an affordable home.
- State and federal funding for housing production and preservation in Orange County is $249 million, a 50% increase from the year prior.
- 81% of extremely low-income (ELI) households in Orange County are paying more than half of their income on housing costs compared to 3% of moderate-income households.
- In 2024 in Orange County, there were only 4,679 beds available in the interim housing supply for persons experiencing homelessness.
- Renters in Orange County need to earn $54.94 per hour – 3.3 times the state minimum wage – to afford the average monthly asking rent of $2,857.
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