This statistic shows the reasons why young people became homeless in England between September 2016 and August 2017. The most common reason was that parents or care-givers were no longer able or no longer willing to accommodate them, which accounted for ** percent of responses.

This dataset contains estimates of homelessness, as well as estimates of chronically homeless persons, homeless veterans, and homeless children and youth provided by The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The estimates cover the period of years 2007-2017 and are at national, state and Continuums of Care (CoC) Point-In-Time (PIT) level.

Data Prepared by Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority

July 26 2017

Components of the Homeless Count

Street Count (all census tracts): Captures a point in time estimate of the unsheltered population.

Shelter Count (from Homeless Management Integration System): Captures the homeless population in emergency shelters, transitional housing, safe havens and vouchered motels/hotels.

Youth Count (sample census tracts): Collaborative process with youth stakeholders to better understand and identify homeless youth.

Demographic Survey (sample census tracts): Captures the demographic characteristics of the unsheltered homeless population.

Notes

Street Count Data include persons found outside, including persons found living in cars, vans, campers/RVs, tents, and makeshift shelters. The conversion factors used to estimate the number of persons found living outside are the following: For families—Makeshift Shelter = 3.69, Car = 2.96, Van = 3.46, Camper/RV = 3.52, Tent = 3.78; For Individuals—Makeshift Shelter = 1.92, Car = 1.52, Van = 1.77, Camper/RV = 2.05, Tent = 1.69.

Please visit https://www.lahsa.org/homeless-count/home to view and download data.

Last updated 7/26/2017

Data Prepared by Los Angeles Homeless Services AuthoritySeptember 5 2018Components of the Homeless CountStreet Count (all census tracts): Captures a point in time estimate of the unsheltered population.Shelter Count (from Homeless Management Integration System): Captures the homeless population in emergency shelters, transitional housing, safe havens and vouchered motels/hotels.Youth Count (sample census tracts): Collaborative process with youth stakeholders to better understand and identify homeless youth.Demographic Survey (sample census tracts): Captures the demographic characteristics of the unsheltered homeless population.NotesStreet Count data includes homeless persons found outside, including persons found residing in cars, vans, campers/RVs, tents and makeshift shelters. The following conversion factors were used to estimate the number of persons living in cars, vans, campers/RVs, tents and makeshift shelters if enumerators encountered homeless persons living in these environments. Individuals: Cars = 1.54, Vans = 1.62, RV's = 1.76, Tents = 1.52 and Makeshift Shelters = 1.67. Family Members: Cars = 2.96, Vans = 2.43, RV's = 3.45, Tents = 2.75 and Makeshift Shelters = 2.42. Demographic survey interviews conducted with 4,934 homeless persons from December 2017 to March 2018 determined these conversion factors for the average number of homeless persons in cars, vans, campers/RVs, tents and makeshift shelters. Please visit https://www.lahsa.org/homeless-count/home to view and download data.Last updated 9/5/2018

This statistic shows the number of young households classed as unintentionally homeless in England between the fiscal years 2006/07 and 2017/18. The year 2006/07 was the peak for the period at **** thousand homes, over double the number for the most recent period of 2017/18.