>> The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2003) estimates, 38% of homeless people were dependent on alcohol and 26% abused other drugs.

>> The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2003) estimates, 38% of homeless people were dependent on alcohol and 26% abused other drugs. Actually, more recent data[0] shows that 36% of chronically homeless people have drug dependency/mental health issues. And since only ~20% of the homeless are chronically homeless, that's less than ten percent of the homeless population. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27953080 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27953080