The city of St. Louis today marked the halfway point in its ten-year effort to end chronic homelessness.
A five-year report released today shows a 20 percent drop in the city's chronically homeless since 2005.
Chronic homelessness is defined as those homeless for a year or more or four times over a three-year period.
The report also states that the overall homeless population also decreased, from about 1,500 in 2005 to about 1,300 last year.