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Homelessness and the Elderly

Posted by: Connie Chung
Thanks to: Connie Chung
20 December 2003 - 9:00am

Homelessness among elderly people, who are more prone to victimization, is increasing.

HUD "estimates that 1.5 million Americans aged 62 and older are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless....The government says that although the elderly comprise only 10 percent of the homeless, their presence is increasing....Their plight is described as 'economic homelessness.' They stretch their fixed incomes to cover necessities--housing, food, medicine--leaving themselves vulnerable to homelessness when those costs rise, illness strikes or a spouse dies."

Full Story: Homeless Elderly Have Few Places To Take Refuge
Source: The Hartford Courant, December 16, 2003
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