(DNAINFO)  Jeff Mays | December 24, 2016 — The city’s quarterly survey of the street homeless remained at about 2,700 people.

The city’s effort to help homeless people on the street find a place to live settled 690 individuals into transitional or permanent housing from March to October 2016, but the homeless problem remains stubbornly persistent, according to city data.

The 690 people were placed into transition or permanent housing as a part of the city’s HOME-STAT program, an effort Mayor Bill de Blasio launched last year.

The effort sends outreach workers into the street to identify homeless individuals and to develop a plan to place them into permanent housing. The city also conducted quarterly nighttime counts of the street homeless. Normally, there is one annual count of the homeless conducted during the winter when the fewest homeless are on the street.

Source: City Helps 690 Street Homeless Find Housing, But Problem Persists – Kingsbridge – DNAinfo New York