In Michigan, on any one night, there are approximately 24,713 sheltered homeless individuals, with an additional 41,338 unsheltered, a total of 66,051.  These statistics include 34,622 adults and children in homeless families.

Homelessness

 - n.  Destitute of a Home -- (Webster's International Dictionary)

How homelessness is defined by HUD (The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development):

A homeless person is:

An individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and an individual or family who has a primary nighttime residence that is:

  • A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations (including welfare hotels, congregate shelters, and transitional housing for the mentally ill);

  • An institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or

  • A public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, regular sleeping accommodations for human beings.

  • This term does not include any individual imprisoned or otherwise detained under an Act of Congress or a State law.