Suburban Homelessness on the Rise

"The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's annual survey last year found homelessness remained steady at about 1.6 million people, but the percentage of rural or suburban homelessness rose from 23 percent to 32 percent." The spike of first-time homeless is credited to job loss and foreclosures in the country's suburbs. Sadly, about 60% of the county's homeless are children 9 and younger.