Nearly half Americans have housed homeless: study

Nearly half Americans have housed homeless: study

Thu Nov 15

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Nearly half of Americans have taken in a friend or relative who was facing homelessness, and around one-third said they have worried about losing their own home, a poll showed Thursday.

"Forty-four percent of the adult public report that at some time they had taken in a friend or relative who was facing homelessness," said the Gallup poll released by the Fannie Mae company, which promotes affordable housing.

"Close to three in 10 (28 percent) of the general public surveyed report that there has been a time when they, themselves, were worried that they may not have a place to live," the survey said.

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According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the United States has around 750,000 homeless people, including nearly 200,000 combat veterans.

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