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Description: The word homeless translates to “without a home,” so the definition of a homeless person would logically be “a person without a home,” right?

Not necessarily. There are so many other factors that must be in place when determining the definition of homelessness. The federal government has defined a homeless person using a set of very narrow criteria and will provide their services only to those fitting those criteria.
Type of Resource: Fact Sheet
Publication Date: 2008
Location: Washington; DC; United States
Diwei Wang from toronto
December 13, 2009
1:47 PM
 
every time when i read stories about people attacked or tricked homeless people, i just felt really angry. how can those people do such crucial things to the homeless people? i am also thinking if there is any way that we can turn those people from attractors to helpers to the homeless people, like work for homeless agencies?


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