From Business Insider

Homelessness in the United States could increase by as much as 45% by the end of this year, according to a new study from a Columbia University economics professor. 

Millions of Americans have filed for unemployment as many businesses across the country shutter due to stay-at-home orders and closures of non-essential businesses in an effort to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. 

The report by Dan O’Flaherty, who is an expert on the economics of homelessness, “projects an increase in homelessness by 40-45% this year over January 2019.”