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Living Without a Home in San Francisco: 3 stories and 4 questions

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The number of people living without a home has increased since 2017 in at least five of the nine Bay Area counties.  (Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)

Since Bay Curious first answered your questions on homelessness in 2017, the cost of living has continued to rise in the Bay Area and with it, the number of people living without a home.

In the nine county Bay Area, just over 34,000 people are experiencing homelessness, according to point-in-time counts conducted in January by most counties

In at least five of the nine counties, the recent count revealed an increase in the number of homeless people from the last time the count was done in 2017.

In this episode, we explore four common questions about homelessness with Audrey Cooper, editor in chief of The San Francisco Chronicle and Kevin Fagan, a reporter with The San Francisco Chronicle who has covered homelessness for more than two decades.

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Produced by Olivia Allen-Price. Featuring Audrey Cooper, editor in chief at The San Francisco Chronicle and Kevin Fagan, reporter at The San Francisco Chronicle.

Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Katie McMurran, Paul Lancour, Maggie Galloway and Suzie Racho. Additional support from Julie Caine, Ethan Lindsey, Pat Yollin and David Weir.

Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.

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