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NEW FACTSHEETS

The National Coalition for the Homeless publishes fact sheets on various aspects of homelessness. Each sheet summarizes facts and issues and contains a list of recommended reading for further research.

Basic Facts:

Why Are People Homeless?
Updated August 2007

How Many People Experience Homelessness?
Updated August 2007

Who is Homeless?
Updated August 2007

Issues:

Hate Crimes and Violence Against People Experiencing Homelessness
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]

A Dream Denied: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]

Federal Housing Assistance Programs
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]

Employment and Homelessness
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]

Mental Illness and Homelessness
Updated June 2006

Addiction Disorders and Homelessness
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]

Domestic Violence and Homelessness
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]

Health Care and Homelessness
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]

Rural Homelessness
Updated June 2006

Education of Homeless Children and Youth
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]

HIV/AIDS and Homelessness
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]

Homeless Self-Help and Empowerment Projects
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]


Populations:

Homeless Families with Children
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]

Homeless Youth
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]

Homeless Veterans
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]

Homelessness Among Elderly People
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]


Other Fact Sheets:

The McKinney-Vento Act
Updated September 2006

What YOU Can Do
Updated June 2006