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Merced County has slightly more homeless people – but more are in shelters

Homelessness is up in Merced County, the latest numbers in an annual survey of sheltered and unsheltered residents show.   What the 2026 Point-In-Time Count report, published last Friday, doesn’t explicitly show is that shelter capacity is also up – and in urgent demand.  “One of the biggest things that I can say is we are lacking a lot in shelter,” Victoria Taylor, the program manager for Merced City and County Continuum of Care, said in April,…