Nearly 1 million renters across Florida are just one ‘curveball’ away from losing housing: study

Homelessness among Florida families has surged in the last three years as soaring rents and a shortage of affordable housing push more residents into shelters, motels and the streets, a new University of Florida report says. The UF Shimberg Center for Housing Studies’ 2025 Rental Market Study found that family homelessness rose 28% since 2022 and estimates nearly 30,000 individuals in the state are without stable housing, including more than 6,000 unaccompanied youth. News4JAX reporter Tiffany Salameh spoke with an Army veteran who said a sudden job loss left him unable to keep up with rising costs as a part of her "Addressing A4dability" series.