by Martin Bao Nguyen

Homeless Facts

BBoyBao — 2014-11-18 08:04:57 UTC

BBoyBao — 2014-11-18 08:05:51 UTC

- Homelessness is a social category for people who lack housing, because they cannot afford it.

- India is home to 63% of all slum dwellers in South Asia.

- India is the second most populous nation in the world, with a population over 1 billion people. - According to the United Nations, 70 million people earn less than $2 a day.

- 100 million people live without shelter or in unhealthy and unacceptable conditions.

Hej Martin!

ThogerClausen — 2014-11-18 08:10:25 UTC

Other Homeless facts

ThogerClausen — 2014-11-18 08:12:59 UTC

Onequarter of the world’s population live without shelter
or in unhealthy and unacceptable conditions.
There are 11 million homeless children living on the street.
78 million people in India, lives without a home.
Persons under 18 and lives without a home are homeless.
Many streetchildren were ran away from their home because
they were beaten.
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Structural problems

BBoyBao — 2014-11-18 08:31:12 UTC

Lack of affordable housing

Changes in the industrial economy leading to unemployment

Inadequate income supports

the de-institutionalization of patients with mental health problems

and the erosion of family and social support. Factors that increase an individual's vulnerability

Physical or mental illness

Disability

Substance abuse

Domestic violence