York data, Lancaster from 2025. The number of pits is drawing a complex picture of homelessness – public radio in South Carolina

The results for 2025 are currently or the pit, the number of residents who are experiencing homelessness came out for York and Lancaster.

Volunteers have counted 291 persons who have survived or at risk of homelessness in York County and 95 in Lancaster County, when the number of pits was held in January, according to the Catauba Coalition for homeless or Cach.

Cach has announced the numbers on Thursday and is expected to release Chester County next month.

The total amount of York is a 10% decrease in 2024. However, it means that it is difficult to hit, said Melissa Carlisle, CEO CEO.

“It’s really hard to find out if this is a real reduction in homelessness in York County,” Carliele said during a Cach meeting on Thursday. “Maybe we just got into contact with fewer people this year than last year.”

The numbers in the numbers are less ambiguous. In both the cities of York and Lancaster, there is an increase in the number of people surveyed, who said they were experiencing homelessness for the first time. In York County, 68.5% of the respondents said they were homeless for the first time; In Lancaster, this number is 61%.

York County

Of the 291 people examined for the pit, 211 who experienced the homelessness, were sheltered – staying in shelters or hotel rooms or surfing the sofa – and 36 were endless. Another 44 were at risk of becoming unprecedented.

Two of three respondents were men and 118 were African-American.

“The bigger part of the people were colorful individuals,” Carlisle said. “Homelessness disproportionately affects people in color. This is something we have seen all over the country, but we see it again and again when we also carry out Pete checks. “

Sixty-five persons reported that they had been homeless for at least a year or twice more than the number that had said they had experienced homelessness for more than 90 days.

While Carlisle said the prolonged “systemic inequalities” were to blame for the disproportionate speed of black homelessness, she also said that the number of people experienced homelessness for the first time and a slight attraction of retirees and people with disabilities who have become indisputable Canned can be tied to increasing housing costs and without income.

“These are people who are probably fixed income,” she said. “For our people who have to rent a home, they see an increase in their rent, but do not see an increase in their fixed income, which makes it really, really hard to stay stable.”

According to the Social Security Administration, the monthly payment for ridiculous disability is $ 1650. The average apartment in York County, according to Apartmentlist data, was $ 1.236 in January.

Of 291 persons surveyed in York County, 146 reported their last address as somewhere in York County. Another 19 reported their latest addresses in the cities of Lancaster or Chester, and 18 reported North Carolina (the most from Mecklenburg County in which Charlotte is located).

A sustainable complaint in Rock Hill, where most homelessness resources in York County are focused, is that homeless people are introduced into the city in groups from other places. There were 26 respondents in York County who reported that its last address was able to other than south or North Carolina.

“These were very one -time countries,” Carlisle said. “It’s not like seeing a mass eviction from a country in our country, from people coming here to experience homelessness. These are just people who move from a different area and happen to experience homelessness in York County. “

Carlisle also said that the decline in the number of protected stray individuals coincides with the number of people who have entered the Rock Hill Returns Return Program.

“It’s kind of an example of how these programs work,” she said. “We pass people from housing shelters.”

Of all the respondents in York County, nearly 70% of those who are experiencing or at risk of having a homelessness has worked or actively looking for a job.

Lancaster County

The 95 individuals, counted during PIT in Lancaster County, are 23% of 2024. Of these, 36 were unchanged, the same number as in York Cunty, but a much higher share.

This may be due in part to the fact that, unlike York County, Lancaster County is very few on the shelter path. In fact, Lancaster County has just opened its warming shelter in December.

From the respondents 95, 29 said they had been experiencing homelessness for a year or more. This is 30%, compared to 22% in York County.

About half of those surveyed in Lancaster were African-American men, and two out of three respondents worked or actively looking for work.

Twenty -two percent of the respondents were retired or received disability payments. According to Zillow, the average rental apartment in Lancaster since February 3 was $ 1633.

The average social security payment for retirees is $ 1,976 a month, according to SSA.

A remarkable difference between Lancaster County and York County was the answer to what the respondents said were the most urgent needs. While the home was the prevailing first choice in both counties, 15 respondents in Lancaster district said transportation was an urgent need. In York County, the call for better transport was not almost non -existent.

Carlisle said that this may partly be due to the fact that Lancaster is a more farming district than York, but it is also proof that residents of York County in the midst of homelessness use the free Rock Hill electric bus.

“We have the My Ride bus system in Rock Hill,” she said. “[In] Lancaster, transport is a more problem soon, even thinking about their warming center. We often ask, “How do people get to the Warming Center when there is no public transport to get to the people there?” [It’s] Just something we need to take into account when we talk about more rural communities where public transport is more a problem because it is not so easily accessible. “

Three other regional organizations held the number of pits in the regions of Midlands, Upstate and Pee Dee/Grand Strens in the state in January. The number of these units is expected to be released in November after being calculated by the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Cach managed to release data so soon because the agency monitors PIT data separately.