Homeless numbers down, but risks rise.
By James Eng, NBC News
Wednesday Jan 18, 2012 6:59 AM
A report released Wednesday says the number of homeless people in America fell slightly between 2009 and 2011 despite a teetering economy, but homeless advocates say the numbers dont tell the full story.
The report, State of Homeless in America 2012, was issued by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, a nationwide federation of public, private and nonprofit organizations. It examined homelessness between 2009 and 2011, a period when the U.S. economy was dragging itself out of its worst recession since World War II.
Despite the dire economy, homelessness decreased 1 percent, or by about 7,000 people, during the period a development the reports authors said was most likely due to a significant investment of federal money to prevent homelessness and quickly rehouse people who did become homeless.
The report says an estimated 643,067 people experienced homelessness in the U.S. on a given night in 2011 down from 636,017 in 2009.
This translates into a rate of 21 homeless people per 10,000 people.
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