The population of the city’s homeless shelters has hit a record high as the number of families and single adults with nowhere to live continues to rise under Mayor de Blasio’s tenure.
The total city-run shelter population reached 60,686 on Monday. Adults accounted for 36,898 of the homeless while there were more than 23,000 homeless children in shelters.
The number of families with children living in city shelters has risen 25 percent to 13,164 since Mayor Mike Bloomberg left office in 2013, according to data released Tuesday by the Department of Homeless Services.
There are 13,472 single adults among those living in shelters.
The number of homeless in the city is 83 percent higher than it was 10 years ago, according to the Coalition for the Homeless.
The coalition claims that the primary cause is lack of affordable housing.
About 58 percent of the city’s homeless population is African-American, while 31 percent is Latino, records show.
Just 7 percent of the homeless are white.