Inside America's homeless encampment sweeps
On Point | Podcast
WBUR
4.2 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Homelessness is on the rise. So are encampment sweeps. What does this mean for our cities and the people living on their streets? It’s our latest collaboration with the investigative newsroom, ProPublica.
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| 0:56.6 | This is On Point. I'm Megna Chakrabardi. |
| 1:02.4 | Today, it's another episode in our special collaboration with ProPublica, the award-winning |
| 1:07.9 | non-profit newsroom, where we combine OnPoint's analysis with ProPublica's investigative reporting to bring new perspectives to some of the most complex issues facing the nation. |
| 1:18.6 | My name is Stephanie, and I am currently 44 years old. I'm currently homeless, and I've been homeless for, I believe, nine years now. |
| 1:28.3 | Across the nation, homelessness is at a crisis point. |
| 1:32.1 | More than 650,000 people experienced homelessness on one night in January, 23, |
| 1:38.3 | according to point-in-time count data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. |
| 1:43.0 | It's a record high, up 12% from |
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