City of Atlanta reports nearly 40% drop in homelessness

A tent sits in the snow on a bridge frequented by the homeless as the downtown skyline stands in the background in Atlanta, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Atlanta is reporting a nearly 40% drop in homelessness since the pandemic began.                           

The city released the findings today, as part of the results from this past winter’s census of people living outside and in shelters.

Atlanta’s director of homelessness strategy, Catherine Vassell, attributed the decline to a program that began shortly after the COVID-19 outbreak.