Describe each kind of homelessness. Be sure to mention the people whom each kind of homelessness often affects. Homelessness rises when people are unable to find or keep jobs. But it also affects people who are not even employed in the first place: children under sixteen years old. According to a report in 2014 by the National Center on Family Homelessness, one in every 30 children experienced homelessness that year. As minors, children under sixteen are not legally allowed to work. Most families that experience homelessness are made up of a mother and her children. Some adults in homeless families in the United States are working. Yet the wages are often not enough to support the various needs of a family, like healthcare, food, and shelter. Furthermore, many families try to stay out of shelters. Shelters can be noisy, overcrowded, and stressful places for both children and parents. These families would often rather stay at the homes of friends or relatives, or even sleep in their cars. Families that experience homelessness in any situation are under a ton of stress, due to the lack of stability and privacy.

There are no simple solutions to this major social issue. But homelessness affects too many people around the world to be ignored.