Community Needs: The Face of Homelessness

...The rate of homelessness is increasing, and so are the cost of housing and the rate of inflation
...The face of homelessness is changing. The new homeless family is a working poor family or individual who had been living one paycheck away from homelessness
...More single-father headed families are joining the ranks of the homeless as younger mothers leave or struggle with addiction
...Over 1,500 families, including 3,000 children are "officially" homeless in Massachusetts
...The length of shelter stay for families in shelter is moving from 6 months to up to 18 months, as fewer affordable housing units are available.