The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) counted around 582,000 Americans experiencing homelessness in 2022. That's about 18 per 10,000 people in the US, up about 2,000 people from 2020
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Facts
Family homelessness accounts for 37% of the overall homeless population and 50% of the sheltered population. More than 90% of homeless mothers report they had been physically and/or sexually abused over their lifetimes. Housing is essential to ending homelessness, but it is not sufficient.
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1 in 30 American children experience homelessness. They live with or without their families, in shelters, cars and abandoned buildings.