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Homelessness in Corpus Christi, Texas
Traci Ledford
University of Phoenix, Axia College
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Louise Morrell
June 1, 2007
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Homelessness in Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas has the third largest homeless population in the country according to Census 2000. The only two states ahead of Texas are New York and California (J-Quad and Associates, 2005).
A homeless person is described as a person who "lacks a fixed, regular, adequate night-time residence, or has a primary residence that is a shelter or an institution, or a place that is not ordinarily used for sleeping" (Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, 1987).
A survey in 1999 by the Texas Intragency Council for the Homeless reported that an estimated 200,000 people were homeless in the state of Texas. That is approximately 1 percent of the total population of Texas. A homeless survey in Corpus Christi, in 2004, revealed that 39 percent of the homeless population was chronically homeless.
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English: Texas State Aquarium at Corpus Christi, T...A chronically homeless person, as defined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is "an unaccompanied individual with a disabling condition who has either been continuoulsly homeless for more than one year, or has had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years" (J-Quad & Associates, 2005).
Lack of affordable housing, insufficient income, and inadequate services were all reported as reasons for chronic homelessness. Factors that contribute to chronic homelessness are inadequate discharge planning and migration (J-Quad & Associates, 2005).
In the 2000 Census, more than 12 percent of the households in Corpus Christi reported making less than $10,000 dollars per year. More than 65 percent of the people reporting $10,000 dollars per year or less paid 30 percent or more of their income for housing, as in rent or mortgage payments (J-Quad & Associates, 2005).
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