Statistics

Understand the complex reality of homelessness in the U.S. through statistics and analysis.

25 Not-So-Fun Facts about Homelessness

40 percent of the homeless population is female. More than 90 percent of homeless women are fleeing domestic abuse.

On any given night, a quarter of the homeless population — 150,000 people — are children under the age of 18.

We must address not only the trauma homelessness has on parents (mothers, specifically), but also the trauma on children.

The vagueness of the definition correlates to the inconsistency in statistics around homelessness.

The key to ending homelessness is affordable housing, but there is not enough of it.

The battle is not only monetary — it is untethering justice from a system that profits from injustice.

If we can afford to fund war, can we then at least wage war against homelessness?!