Atlanta Report Finds Hundreds Sleep Outside As Shelter Beds Sit Empty

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August 19th, 2020

Social worker Matthew Reed, right, is shown last year checking on a woman who lived in a homeless encampment under an I-20 bridge in downtown Atlanta. The results of an annual count show a nearly 25% increase in the number of people who are unsheltered since last year, even though shelter beds stay empty.

BITA HONARVAR / Special To WABE

Updated Friday at 9:01 a.m.

The latest census of Atlanta’s homeless shows hundreds of people have been sleeping outside, even as shelter beds stay empty.

The annual Point in Time count took place one night in January. Volunteers surveyed the city for anyone staying in shelters, under bridges or alongside buildings.

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