https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/02/national-homeless-facts-and-statistics Safeguarding Humanity Sat, 04 May 2024 05:47:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/02/national-homeless-facts-and-statistics#comment-504438 Sat, 04 May 2024 05:47:47 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/02/national-homeless-facts-and-statistics#comment-504438 Homelessness is a complicated issue. This is partly because the term “homeless” is rather broad, at least how the government uses it. The official definition of homeless includes those living in hotels, RVs, cabin cruisers, etc, as well as people who couch-surf, essentially if someone doesn’t have a legal, fixed address, they’re considered homeless. In most West Coast cities the common denominator when it comes to the majority of the homeless population, is mental illness or drug addiction. There are residential programs available for homeless people, but these shelters and programs are highly structured, which addicts seldom want.

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