Homelessness in the United States

 

As we all know, homeless people have become the challenge of many cities. Tackling the problem of homeless people has also become a huge challenge for society. The statistics of homeless in the 2016 census was very astonishing.

 

What is the official definition of homelessness?

 

The Department of Housing and Urban Development defines homelessness in four broad categories:

 

People living in places that are unsuitable for habitat, transitional housing, emergency shelters or institutions that are leaving their temporary residence.

 

People who lose their main night residence may include motels or hostels or doubling the situation within a few days, lack of resources or support networks to remain in housing.

Families with children or unaccompanied youths who live in instability may continue in the country.

 

People fleeing or attempting to flee from domestic violence do not have other accommodation, people lack resources to acquire enough housing and living supplements.

 

Then what is the homeless in the United States? There are still thousands of homeless people sleeping on the streets every night, among these homeless people, 238,110 of them are in families, 25% of them suffer from mental illness, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, 17% of them are considered chronically homeless, 13% of them are fleeing domestic violence, and 12% of them are veterans.

 

Information edited from http://www.greendoors.org/facts/general-data.php