More than 11,000 Amsterdammers without a permanent home, including 1,500 children

A comprehensive new census has identified 11,065 homeless people in the Amsterdam-Amstelland region, including 1,446 children. The data reveals that only 12% live on the street, while the majority are "hidden homeless" staying with friends or in non-traditional spaces like garages and cars. Humanitarian organizations warn that the scale of the problem is at an all-time high, as this broader counting method captures groups previously excluded from official statistics.