The Widening Gap
Over the last ten years, homelessness has decoupled from traditional funding. While spending hit record highs in 2025, so did the crisis.
10-Year Trajectory
Total People Experiencing Homelessness (PIT Counts)
+41%
Increase since 2015
Accelerating
Record highs in '24 & '25
Funding vs. Reality
Federal Spending (2015-2025) vs. Outcomes
Since 2015 (Federal + State aggregate)
People living on streets (2015-2025)
The 2025 Lesson: More money in the same slow pipes isn't working. In 2025, for every 10 people housed, 11 new people fell into homelessness.
Chronic Homelessness
Increase in individuals with disabilities experiencing long-term homelessness since 2016.
The Rent Burden
Median U.S. Rent (2025) vs 2019. Wages rose only 22% in the same period.
Affordable Unit Gap
The shortage of affordable homes for extremely low-income renters reached a new peak in 2025.
A Decade of Data Demands a New Approach.
We cannot solve 2025 problems with 2015 speeds. VideoBackedMoney bypasses the administrative latency that defined the last decade.
Why does this matter?
The data above highlights a critical flaw in the current approach: Liquidity Latency.
While billions are allocated to long-term infrastructure (which is necessary), the immediate financial shocks that cause homelessness—a broken car, a medical bill, a rent hike—move faster than the grant cycles designed to fix them.
VideoBackedMoney is designed to fill this specific gap: proving that small, high-velocity injections of capital, verified by video, can stabilize individuals faster than a bureaucratic application process.
The status quo is not a solution.