What are the trends?

Nationwide, city officials predict:

• Requests for emergency shelter by homeless families will increase

(Request for shelter by homeless families 2000 - 01 - ? 22%)

• The nation’s weak economy will mean that the number of homeless people will increase

U.S. Conference of Mayors. A Status Report on Hunger and

Homelessness in America’s Cities: a 27-city survey. December 2001.

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