What to know
Health problems among homeless persons result from various factors, such as barriers to care, lack of access to adequate food and protection, and limited resources and social services.2
- Green Doors, General Homelessness Facts(last visited Oct. 18, 2016). Homelessness statistics are often assessed on a "per night" basis because they assess where people sleep at night—on the streets, in shelters, etc. See, e.g., City of Portland, Homelessness Toolkit (last visited Nov. 14, 2016).
- Id.
- Am. Public Health Ass'n, Homelessness as a Public Health Problem (last visited Oct. 18, 2016).
- Id.
- During October 1–17, 2016, PHLP used WestlawNext, a subscription-only legal research database, to conduct searches for legal publications and used Google to identify additional resources.
- Nat'l Law Ctr. on Homelessness & Poverty, No Safe Place: The Criminalization of Homelessness in US Cities (last visited Oct. 18, 2016).