Dramatic increase in homeless population in NE TN

A survey conducted nationally each year says Northeast Tennessee’s homeless population dramatically increased by 46% last year which is nearly four times the national rate. A one-night “point in time” count conducted nationally each year in hundreds of sub-regions around the country also showed a 120% increase in people who were completely without shelter in Northeast Tennessee, which was more than 10 times the national increase. T he homeless population rose from 392 to 572 and the portion of those who were not spending the night in a shelter had more than doubled from 111 to 245.