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Facts About Homelessness:
- On any given night, more than 600,000 homeless people seek proper shelter in the United States.
- One-quarter of homeless people are children, and thousands are unaccompanied by a parent or adult.
- Tens of thousands of veterans are homeless. Sixty percent of them are in shelters, the rest unsheltered. Nearly 5,000 are female.
- Many people are homeless because they cannot afford rent.
- Today, poor people have fewer places to rent than ever before. The U.S. needs at least 7 million more apartments for low-income families.
