11.08.2021 | NY1 | \u201cThere\u2019s still alarmingly, shockingly high, over 100,000 students identified as homeless for the sixth year in a row,\" said Jennifer Pringle, director of the Learners in Temporary Housing project at Advocates for Children, which compiled the data. \"And while there is a decline as compared to last year, at this point, it\u2019s really unclear how real that decline is.\"\u00a0<\/p>
Of those children, about 28,000 spent time living in city homeless shelters, according to the data released by the organization Advocates for Children. Another 65,000 were \u201cdoubled-up,\" or sharing someone else\u2019s housing after losing their own permanent residence.\u00a0<\/p>