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<br /> 43 <br /> <br />Homelessness <br />Directly related to housing is the problem of homelessness. According to US Department of Housing and <br />Urban Development (HUD), a person is considered homeless if they reside in 1) a place not meant for <br />human habitation such as a car, street, or abandoned building; or 2) an emergency shelter, transitional <br />housing or supportive housing for homeless persons who originally came from the streets. <br /> <br /> Orange County represents 0.08% of North Carolina’s total homeless population (shown in figure 34). <br /> <br /> 24% of Orange County’s homeless population is made up of families (including children and adults) <br />compared to 35% of families in NC (shown in table 12). <br /> <br /> Homeless single men in Orange County (58%) exceed single men in NC (47%), while homeless single <br />women in Orange County (18%) slightly exceed single women in NC (17%). <br /> <br /> 12% of the homeless persons in the Orange County are veterans, compared to 10% in NC, and 17% <br />in Durham County (which is the second highest veteran proportion in the state).63 <br /> Table 12 : Orange County Homeless persons by Family <br />Structure <br />Total Homeless 108 <br />Families with Children 24% <br /> Children 16% <br /> Adults 8% <br />Children in Child-Only Families 0% <br />Adults, no Dependent Children 76% <br /> Men 58% <br /> Women 18% <br />Figure 34: