Other Cultures

According to the National Law Center on Homelessness, the average number of homeless individuals in the United States within a given year ranges between 2.3 to 3.5 million. This is a population...

In 1978, Congress passed the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act and with its passage, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) was created. This is the branch of the federal...

A homeless person is more complex than the stereotype of a job-less, lazy person begging for change on the corner of the street. People become homeless for a variety of reasons, like being cut off...

Homelessness is a big problem across the United States and across the globe. It has devastating effects on individuals as well as families. By understanding how people become homeless, how many...

The definition of a homeless person is broader in the UK than in most countries (especially the United States). Most countries only consider rough sleepers to be homeless. "Rough sleepers" is the...

Bums, tramps, transients--no matter what you call them, the homeless population is a huge and ever growing problem all over the world. It is hard to get an accurate count of how many homeless...

"Hobo," "tramp," "vagrant," and "transient" are pejorative names for people who find themselves having to cope with the very serious problem of being...

Homelessness affects people of every race, age, creed, and social status, and no one in particular is discriminated against. Roughly on any given evening, between 700,000 and two million people...

Think homelessness is only relegated to shelters and park benches in the city? Think again. Even though rural homelessness is more isolated and ignored than city transience, that doesn't make it...

Resources for homeless people are vital. Some resources teach a homeless person how to live and others provide homeless people with services that make life easier. All resources smooth the...

People can find themselves without permanent housing for a number of reasons. Some people are homeless for years, while others are without housing for a day or two. Every homeless person's...

Homelessness doesn't just affect single adults. Families with children are increasingly finding themselves homeless. Being homeless places a large burden on children who must remain calm amidst...

Homelessness is one of the worst things that can happen to a person. It goes deep into the psyche with feelings of failure. Society helps further this impression by classifying the homeless as...