A poll says most Americans believe homelessness is worse under Biden.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe homelessness has worsened during the Biden administration, with fewer than 10% thinking it’s not a severe problem.

According to Rasmussen Reports, 64% of respondents believe that homelessness has worsened over the past two years, 18% said the problem is about the same, and 12% said the situation has improved.

According to the research, 87% of Americans believe homelessness is a serious problem, including 61% who agree the pain is “severe.”

Those who consider homelessness a “severe” problem include 64% of Republicans, 57% of Democrats, and 62% of respondents who identified as politically unaffiliated.

For its report, Rasmussen drew from a survey of 1,085 American adults conducted Sept. 19-21, with a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.

The research also found that Democrat respondents were far more likely to believe that homelessness had gotten better over the past two years, with 26% of them saying so, versus 4% of Republican respondents and 6% of independent respondents.

Democrats were also less likely to believe that homelessness has gotten worse in the past two years, with 46% of Democrat respondents believing this, versus 77% of Republicans and 71% of independents.

When tackling the problem of homelessness, 36% said it was a state responsibility. In comparison, 18% said it was a local responsibility, 30% said it was a federal responsibility, and 16% were unsure.

While sizable, the number of Americans who consider homelessness a severe problem and believe that homelessness has worsened over the past two years has slightly declined compared to when Rasmussen conducted this survey last year.

Rasmussen reported last year that 92% of Americans believed homelessness was a severe problem, with 65% saying the situation was “severe.” In comparison, 68% felt it had worsened over the past two years.

In June, The Wall Street Journal reported that the number of homeless people in the United States was on the rise, especially in major urban centers like Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida; Boston, Massachusetts; and Phoenix, Arizona.

The Journal noted that one factor in the rise in homelessness was ending protections enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic for people facing evictions.

Other factors cited in the report included mental health issues, the effects of the opioid dependence crisis, and an influx of asylum seekers and migrants who entered the nation illegally.