Here are the top three states with the largest number of homeless people per capita:
1) Washington, D.C.
2) Hawaii
3) Oregon
To get an idea of what triggers homelessness in any given area, here's a random snapshot of the Harris County (TX) region, showing that Houston, you DEFINITELY have a problem:
Source: Houston/Harris County Coalition for the Homeless: http://ow.ly/jtteX.
Right off the top, you can see that 50% of it is due to issues with income. My next blog post will cover a recent study about that.
Meanwhile, the National Coalition for the Homeless runs a fantastic Facebook page that I encourage everyone to check out and "like":
https://www.facebook.com/NationalCoalitionfortheHomeless
