Win a Voucher! Iowa has approximately 3,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night, with Des Moines and Cedar Rapids together accounting for the majority. Iowa’s homelessness profile is distinct from coastal states — it is driven more by poverty, domestic violence, and mental illness than by high housing costs, and the state has a … Read more
Win a Voucher! Kansas has approximately 3,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night, with Wichita and the Kansas City metro area (Johnson and Wyandotte counties) together accounting for the majority. Topeka, as the state capital, has an active homeless services system despite its smaller size. Rural Kansas — particularly the western High Plains counties … Read more
Win a Voucher! Oklahoma has over 5,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night, with Oklahoma City and Tulsa together accounting for the vast majority. Both cities have invested significantly in homeless services over the past decade, with Oklahoma City’s MAPS 4 funding directing resources toward homelessness and Tulsa operating one of the most coordinated … Read more
Win a Voucher! South Carolina has over 4,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night, spread across a state where tourism-driven coastal economies have pushed housing costs far beyond what low-income residents can afford. Charleston and the Grand Strand (Myrtle Beach area) face acute housing instability driven by the service industry workforce. Columbia, the state … Read more
Win a Voucher! Alabama has over 3,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night, with Birmingham and Huntsville accounting for the largest concentrations. Montgomery, Mobile, and Tuscaloosa have smaller but active homeless service systems, while rural Alabama — particularly the Black Belt counties in the center of the state — has some of the highest … Read more
Win a Voucher! Kentucky has over 4,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night, with Louisville and Lexington accounting for the majority. The state’s rural Appalachian counties in the east face some of the highest poverty rates in the nation combined with some of the lowest availability of homeless services — a combination that makes … Read more
Win a Voucher! Nevada has one of the highest rates of homelessness per capita in the United States, with over 8,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night. Las Vegas and Clark County account for the vast majority, making Nevada’s homelessness challenge uniquely concentrated in a single metro area. The desert climate creates year-round urgency … Read more
Win a Voucher! Indiana has over 5,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night, with Indianapolis — the state’s only major urban center — accounting for the largest share. Unlike states with multiple large cities, Indiana’s homelessness challenge is concentrated: the Indianapolis metro area has significantly more resources than the rest of the state. Fort … Read more
Win a Voucher! Missouri has over 6,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night, split between two major urban centers — St. Louis in the east and Kansas City in the west — with a broad rural middle and southern Ozarks region where services are sparse. Both cities have significant unsheltered homelessness and well-developed nonprofit … Read more
Win a Voucher! Minnesota has over 8,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night, with the Twin Cities metro area — Minneapolis and St. Paul — accounting for the majority. Minnesota’s winters are among the harshest in the contiguous United States, making emergency hotel and motel placements a genuine matter of survival from November through … Read more