for very short stints, Well, yes. Look at the last sentence: As many as 3.5 million people experience homelessness in a given year (1% of the entire U.S. popu

for very short stints, Well, yes. Look at the last sentence: As many as 3.5 million people experience homelessness in a given year (1% of the entire U.S. population or 10% of its poor), and about 842,000 people in any given week.[36][37] Most were homeless temporarily. The chronically homeless population (those with repeated episodes or who have been homeless for long periods) fell from 175,914 in 2005 to 123,833 in 2007.[38] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States#Other_statistics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_Stat... The people who put these statistics together seem to have an interest in bucking up the numbers. I'm guessing "homeless" could include all manner of things like switching jobs and so being without an apartment for a few days.