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The Great Depression was the worst economic disaster of the 20th century, starting with the 1929 stock market crash and causing global unemployment, bank failures, and widespread poverty.

Caught in a trifecta of crises in housing, childcare, and transportation, homeless families with school-aged kids are surpassing pre-pandemic levels.

After the stock market crashed in October 1929, the Great Depression soon followed — ushering in a period of widespread unemployment, homelessness, and destitution.

Homeless families housed in shelters and facing evictions on Feb. 8 or 10 will be granted a 30-day reprieve, city officials said.

Federal officials connected record homelessness numbers in 2024 to the nation's migrant crisis, pointing to a nearly 40% surge in family homelessness.