Reddit mentions of The Homeless

Well, I actually read that in this book:

• http://www.amazon.com/The-Homeless-Christopher-Jencks/dp/067440596X
  
  I read that book about 10 years ago, and I don't have a copy on hand. But from memory, "long-term homelessness" is defined as over 2 years of continual homelessness and constitutes approximately half of the homeless at any given time. The other half is constituted of people whose time in homelessness is typically much shorter than 1 year (something like 3 months if I recall but like I said, it was 10 years ago, so my figures are likely rough).
  
  I remember that particular fact pretty well because it altered my preconceptions about homelessness.
  
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  EDIT: Those stats are out of date. Now an even smaller percentage of the homeless are "chronic" homeless. Cite:
  
  > It’s a common misconception that this group represents the majority of the homelessness population. Rather, they account for less than 15 percent of the entire homeless population on a given day.
  
  > Fortunately, there has been significant progress to address chronic homelessness in the last decade. The number of individuals experiencing chronic homelessness has declined by 21 percent since 2010.
  
  
• http://www.endhomelessness.org/pages/snapshot_of_homelessness