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You can find the legal definition at https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/11302 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/11302 Squatting in a derelict
by mfer 5y ago
You can find the legal definition at https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/11302 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/11302
Squatting in a derelict building counts as homeless per the US definition. It's not just people living on the street.
- wahern 5y agoThat definition is not necessarily applicable to actual research studies, homeless counts, or even government programs. You have to look to the actual study or program details. Unfortunately, the applied definition is rarely reported in the media.
- kbelder 5y agoOne study I saw of the local schools that breathlessly reported huge homeless rates of schoolchildren counted every child that didn't have a dedicated bedroom. Sleeping on Dad's couch? Homeless.
- mfer 5y agoThe numbers being talked about earlier (17 per 10k people) come from HUD. The US legal definitions matter to their reporting