According to the US
Additionally, about 1.56 million
people used an emergency shelter or a transitional housing program during the
12-month period between October 1, 2008 and September 30, 2009.
This number suggests that roughly
1 in every 200 persons in the US
The Los Angeles region is thought to have
the largest concentration of homeless persons in the country and is considered
the homelessness capital of the USA, together with San Francisco
In its biennual
census of 2011, the County counted more than 51,000 homeless persons living in
the county at any given night.
One hundred
thousands persons are expected to be homeless at least one night during the
year.
A 50-block area
in downtown Los Angeles called Skid
Row (4,316) has a homeless population nearly as large as the
homeless population of San Francisco Los
Angeles , of course, has approximately 3.6 times the population of San Francisco , this means that even in proportions Los Angeles has more homeless than San Francisco
In 2009, the
author Geoffrey Neil wrote a novel, Dire Means, whose underlying premise
was about the homeless situation in Santa
Monica , California
San Francisco
The city of San Francisco , California ,
due to its mild climate and its social programs that have provided cash
payments for homeless individuals, is often considered the homelessness capital
of the United States ,
together with Los Angeles
On May 3, 2004, San Francisco
Chicago
The city of Chicago,
Illinois is also noted for its number of homeless people. Over the
years, Chicago has gained a reputation as the
city with the most homeless people, rivaling Los Angeles
and New York, although no
statistical data has backed this up.
The reputation
stems primarily from the subjective number of beggars found on the streets
rather than any sort of objective statistical census data. Indeed, from
statistical data, Chicago has far less homeless
per capita than peers New York , and Los Angeles , or other major cities such as Philadelphia , San Francisco ,
and Boston
Indianapolis , Indiana
In Indianapolis,
Indiana, as many as 2,200 people are homeless on any given night,
and as many as 15,000 individuals over the course of a year. Indianapolis
is notable among cities of similar size for having only faith-based shelters,
such as the century-old Wheeler Mission
In 2001, Mayor Bart Peterson endorsed
a 10-year plan, called the Blueprint to End Homelessness, and made it one of
his administration's top priorities. The plan's main goals are for more affordable
housing units, employment opportunities, and support services. The
Blueprint notwithstanding, Indianapolis
New York City
On June 22, 2010,
the New York City Department of Homeless Services reported that the sheltered
homeless population consisted of:
- 8,243 Families with children
- 1,271 Adult Families
- 7,725 Single Adults
- 35,537 Total Individuals
According to the
Coalition for the Homeless, the homeless population of New York
According to the
NYC Department of Homeless Services, 64 percent of
those applying for emergency shelter in 2010 were denied. Several
were denied because they were said to have family who could house them when in
actuality this might not have been the case. Applicants may have faced
overcrowding, unsafe conditions, or may have had relatives unwilling to house
them. According to Mary Brosnaham, spokeswoman for Coalition for the Homeless,
the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg employs a deliberate policy of
“active deterrence”.
Part of the
problem lies with long-term joblessness that characterizes the United States New York City New York City Brooklyn is
barely $30,000 and 35,000 respectively. According to the Community Service
Society, “Two-thirds of poor New Yorkers and over one-third of near poor
households—up to twice the poverty level—spend at least half of their incomes
on rent…and place millions of low-income New Yorkers at risk of housing
hardships and displacement.”
The New York City
Housing Authority is experiencing record demand for subsidized housing
assistance. However, just 13,000 of the 29,000 families who applied were admitted
into the public housing system or received federal housing vouchers known as
[Section 8] in 2010. Due to budget cuts there have been no new applicants
accepted to receive Section 8.
In March 2010,
there were protests about the Governor's proposed cut of $65 million in annual
funding to the homeless adult services system.[106]
The Bloomberg administration announced an immediate halt to the Advantage
program, threatening to cast 15,000 families back into the shelters or onto the
streets. A court has delayed the cut until May 2011 because there was doubt
over the legality of cancelling the city’s commitment. However, the Advantage
program [25] itself was
consciously advanced by the Bloomberg administration as an alternative to
providing long-term affordable housing opportunities for the poor and working
class. The result, as the [Coalition for the Homeless] report points out, is
that “Thousands of formerly-homeless children and families have been forced
back into homelessness, In addition, Mayor Bloomberg proposed $37 million in
cuts to the city’s budget for homeless services this year.
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