The number of homeless people in Singapore fell slightly in 2021 despite the Covid-19 pandemic leading to homelessness spiking in many countries as unemployment and poverty rose.

The second nationwide street count of the homeless here found about 1,000 people last year - 7% fewer than the first such count in 2019.

In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Multimedia Journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke withDr Ng Kok Hoe, a senior research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy to find out more about the findings.

The number of homeless people in Singapore fell slightly in 2021 despite the Covid-19 pandemic leading to homelessness spiking in many countries as unemployment and poverty rose.
The second nationwide street count of the homeless here found about 1,000 people last year - 7% fewer than the first such count in 2019. In The Straits Times’ The Big Story, Multimedia Journalist Hairianto Dirman spoke with Dr Ng Kok Hoe, a senior research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy to find out more about the findings.

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