If you ask the feds, homelessness is the worst it has ever been. In December, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released its annual homelessness assessment report to Congress. The report found that 771,480 people experienced homelessness in 2024, the highest number ever recorded in the United States. Given the continued severity of the affordable housing crisis, the ever-growing cost of living and the lack of resources to help countless families and individuals in need of specialized care and support, this tragic result is unsurprising. To glean this information, thousands of volunteers, nonprofit workers, government employees and community...