Homelessness, How can you help make a change? What would you do?

An examination of trends in homelessness, homeless assistance, and at-risk populations at the national and state levels.

The January 2015 point-in-time count identified 564,708 people experiencing homelessness. Though the vast majority of the homeless population (391,440 people) lived in some form of shelter or in transitional housing at the time of the point-in-time count in 2015, approximately 31 percent (173,268 people) lived in a place not meant for human habitation, such as the street or an abandoned building. The largest subpopulation experiencing homelessness was individuals, comprising almost 63 percent of all homeless people (358,422 people). About 37 percent were people in families (206,286 people in 64,197 households). Individuals who were chronically homeless represented almost 15 percent (83,170 people) of the homeless population, while people in chronically homeless families made up approximately 2 percent (13,105 people) of the homeless population. About 8 percent of the homeless population was made up of veterans (47,725 people). Unaccompanied youth and children accounted for 6.5 percent of the total homeless population (36,907 people).Increases in homelessness were concentrated in the West and Northeast and the two states with the largest homeless populations: New York (7,660 more people) and California (1,786 more people).

What are some creative ways we can help to restore the homeless?

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