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Homelessness According to the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, a <br />~ Chrome person is considered homeless who lacks a fixed, regular, and <br />Homelessness adequate night-time residence, or has a primary night-time residence <br />that is a shelter, an institution, or a place not ordinarily used for <br />sleeping. A chronically homelessness person, as defined by the <br />Department of Housing and Urban Development, is an <br />unaccompanied homeless individual with a disabling condition who <br />had been either continuously homeless for more than one year or <br />has had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three <br />years, <br />Nature of According to the results of a survey conducted by National Survey of <br />Homelessness Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients (NSHAPC) in 1996, 68 <br />percent of the homeless population in U.S. were men. Homeless <br />clients were equal proportions of non-Hispanic whites and blacks. <br />About half of the people who experienced homelessness over the <br />course of a year were single adults and 38 percent of homeless <br />clients had less than high school education. <br />According to the results of a survey conducted by the Texas <br />Interagency Council for the Homeless in 1999, the number of <br />homeless in Texas was estimated to he about 200,000 people (1% <br />of the total population). About 1.5 percent reported being homeless <br />five years or longer (chronically homeless). Fifty-nine percent of the <br />