Homeless Scorecard true 0% 3 Checks mostly true 0% 5 Checks half true 0% 5 Checks mostly false 0% 4 Checks false 0% 9 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 2 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Homeless X posts stated on August 23, 2025 an X post An Aug. 23 video shows “the military’s already showing up in Chicago” before a potential National Guard deployment. By Maria Briceño • August 25, 2025 Bill O'Reilly stated on June 30, 2024 an X post Says as of June 30, “the decision has been made that (President Joe Biden) will quit the campaign.” By Sara Swann • July 1, 2024 Facebook posts stated on November 22, 2023 video Suggests homeless people mysteriously went missing in San Francisco. By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • November 30, 2023 Karen Bass stated on December 18, 2022 in an interview “Literally five (homeless) people a day die on our streets” in the city of Los Angeles. By Andy Nguyen • December 20, 2022 Gavin Newsom stated on August 9, 2021 a tweet “California is moving folks out of encampments, into safe housing and getting them the mental health services they need.” By Shasha Hupka • September 11, 2021 Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2021 an image “It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.” August 27, 2021 Tom Cotton stated on April 8, 2021 a tweet “New York's 1,200+ homeless veterans are ineligible for these $15,600 payments.” By Cassidey Kavathas • May 18, 2021 Kevin McCarthy stated on March 14, 2021 a tweet The COVID economic relief package “included $600 million for San Francisco, part of which goes to cover the tab for free alcohol and marijuana for the homeless." By Jon Greenberg • March 16, 2021 Coalition for the Homeless stated on April 8, 2020 a newspaper interview New York City could pay to house its homeless population in hotel rooms currently sitting vacant, but Mayor Bill de Blasio “has absolutely to this point refused to do that.” By Rachel Kimmel, Julia Schneider • May 13, 2020 Michael Bloomberg stated on January 30, 2020 a news release During his tenure as mayor of New York City, “street homelessness decreased by 28 percent.” By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 1, 2020 Gavin Newsom stated on February 19, 2020 a State of the State Address "Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today.” By Chris Nichols • February 21, 2020 Greg Abbott stated on January 7, 2020 a press gaggle The city of Austin has "removed, seemingly, any legal consequences to the actions where the homeless lie, sleep, where they defecate." By Madlin Mekelburg • January 24, 2020 Darrell Steinberg stated on October 24, 2019 an interview with Capital Public Radio "90,000 Californians are unsheltered and homeless." By Chris Nichols • October 31, 2019 Greg Abbott stated on October 10, 2019 a tweet "The City of Austin is dedicating more than $20,000 PER HOMELESS PERSON in Austin." By Madlin Mekelburg • October 17, 2019 Joe Manchin stated on September 9, 2019 a Facebook post "West Virginia Department of Education reported over 10,000 children and youth have been identified as homeless for the 2018-2019 school year." By Alayna Degenhardt, Farrah Frattaroli • October 11, 2019 Tammy Duckworth stated on September 16, 2019 a tweet Says President Trump’s administration has "actually worsened our nation’s homelessness crisis" by cutting affordable housing programs, allowing shelters to refuse people based on gender identity or sexual orientation, evicting immigrant families of mixed legal status from subsidized housing and raising rent. By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 20, 2019 Gavin Newsom stated on June 23, 2019 an interview on "Axios on HBO" "The vast majority" of San Francisco’s homeless people "also come in from — and we know this — from Texas. Just (an) interesting fact." By Chris Nichols • August 14, 2019 Ben Carson stated on July 31, 2019 a press conference "You look at the homelessness situation. Take a city like Tokyo, which has more people than New York City. There's no homelessness there." By John Kruzel • August 1, 2019 Travis County Republican Party stated on July 3, 2019 a news release Says recent changes to Austin city policy give homeless people more rights than property owners and allow for "homeless camps on private property, business frontage, and even public sidewalks." By Madlin Mekelburg • July 5, 2019 Viral image stated on February 17, 2019 a post on Facebook A photo of a homeless camp on old railroad tracks is present-day Los Angeles. By Samantha Putterman • February 19, 2019 Load More Latest Articles The CDC’s new eviction moratorium: Is it legal? By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2021 Kevin Faulconer Wants To Tackle California’s Homelessness Crisis. What Did He Do As San Diego Mayor? 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