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... The "Point-In-Time" count report released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development attributed a major portion of the increase to a 39% rise in homelessness among migrant families in 13 greatly affected U.S. communities. Family homelessness in 373 other communities, meanwhile, showed a much slower rise at less than 8% over 2023, HUD said.

The homeless migrants were counted "prior to the Biden-Harris administration taking executive action to secure our border" in the wake of a failed bipartisan attempt to address border issues earlier this year, the report noted.

The deadly Maui wildfire and other natural disasters also had an effect on this year's Point-in-Time Count. In Hawaii, more than 5,200 people were sleeping in disaster emergency shelters on the night of the count.