The Economic Consequences of Homelessness in The US

for work and when there are no accommodations for housing build their own shelters,
often known as "hutments."
Statistics of Homeless Population Within India
According to the 2011 Census, there were 1.77 million homeless people in India, or
0.15% of the country's total population. In India, the cities with the greatest number of
homeless individuals and families are Greater Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai,
and Bangalore.
Japan
The number of homeless
individuals in Japan as
recorded in 2003, was
around 25,296. Numbers of
those without homes have
been
"increasing
dramatically" since the
"bubble economy" collapsed
in the 1990s. In Tokyo,
around 2007, many
homeless individuals were
cleared out of their
temporary residences in city
parks. In 2011,
the earthquake and tsunami left many individuals homeless and living in shelters.
United Kingdom
"Sleeping rough" or "rough sleeping" is terminology in the United Kingdom for sleeping
without shelter. In addition, "not all homeless people are entitled to housing." Shelters
like 'Jimmy's', in Cambridge, provide access to those who would otherwise be "sleeping
rough", offering temporary accommodation and support services in the basement of
a Baptist Church in the city center.
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The Housing First Model
Housing First is a relatively recent innovation in human service programs and social
policy regarding treatment of the homeless and is an alternative to a system of
emergency shelter/transitional housing progressions. Rather than moving homeless
individuals through different "levels" of housing, whereby each level moves them closer
to "independent housing" (for example: from the streets to a public shelter, and from a
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