HUD Report Says Not Enough Beds for Homeless
March 1, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
A report by the Department of Housing and Urban Development concludes that there are more homeless people in America than there are available beds for them, reports The Washington Post.
Approximately 754,000 people are homeless at any time, but there are only 438,300 beds in shelters and transitional housing. There are 209,000 additional beds in permanent housing intended for people who are no longer homeless.
Michael Stoops, acting director of the National Coalition for the Homeless, said he hoped the figures “will make Americans aware we are not doing as much as we can for homeless people.”
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