Resolution Criteria

The resolution source is the NYC Department of Homeless Services Daily Report. To resolve this question, download the ‘DHS_Daily_Report.csv’ on January 2, 2024 (or later, if data for December 31, 2023 is not yet available). Then, select the 2023 data and sort ‘total_individuals_in_shelter’. If any day of 2023 shows a number higher than 100,000, this question resolves positively. If it is not, this question resolves negatively. If the DHS ceases publication of this data series, this question resolves ambiguously.

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The Department of Homeless Services (DHS) is a New York City agency dedicated to preventing homelessness, addressing street homelessness, providing temporary shelter, and connecting individuals to suitable housing through collaboration with not-for-profit partners. With an annual budget of over $2 billion and 2,000 employees, DHS aims help clients transition from shelters to self-sufficiency. The agency's critical objectives include preventing households from becoming homeless, reducing street homelessness, ensuring temporary shelter availability, increasing client engagement, maintaining shelter safety, and reducing shelter stays to promote stable community housing. According to the DHS data, NYC homeless individuals in shelter (run by the DHS) in 2022 ranged from 45,213 on January 1 to 66,334 on Dec 31. As of writing this question in late March 2023, the low for 2023 was 66,564 on Jan 1, with a high of 72,522 on March 28.

This increase in individuals using DHS homeless shelters has been acknowledged by the local government, which has promised to increase funding to homeless services.