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Number Of Homeless Single Adults In NYC Has Risen 95 Percent In A Decade
Number Of Homeless Single Adults In NYC Has Risen 95 Percent In A Decade
A record number of single adults are homeless in New York City.
On a given night, 14,222 single adults ― meaning they are not part of a family ― seek out homeless shelters in NYC, Giselle Routhier, policy director for the Coalition for the Homeless, told The Huffington Post via email. That’s a 95 percent increase from a decade ago. At the end of 2006, there were 7,282 homeless adults in New York City. ...
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