Study: 744,000 are homeless in U.S.

[Philosoraptor]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_on_go_ot/homeless

A majority of the homeless were single adults, but about 41 percent were in families, the report said.

The group compiled data collected by the Department of Housing and Urban Development from service providers throughout the country. It is the first national study on the number of homeless people since 1996. That study came up with a wide range for America's homeless population: between 444,000 and 842,000.

Counting people without permanent addresses, especially those living on the street, is an inexact process. But the new study is expected to provide a baseline to help measure progress on the issue.

[Deja Q]

1. I wish Tom Bernard was one of them.

I don't often advocate 'suffer the fate of thy neighbor', but maybe that nitwit will realize there IS poverty in America.

(Tom is one of those infantile radio shock jocks (http://www.kqrs.com/morningshow.asp ) who claims there's no such thing as poverty in America.

It'd be fun to ask him when he'll enlist since he deems the war so important... :evilgrin: