Abstract
People experiencing homelessness refers to an individual or family lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and affects a diverse group of people in the United States (National Alliance to End Homelessness, 2025). This may include living on the streets, in cars, parks, or abandoned buildings as well as shelters, transitional housing, or people facing an imminent loss of housing without another identified residence (CDC, 2024). Homelessness affects all demographics ranging from age (youth and elderly) and ethnicity to gender and even class. Secondary to experiencing a lack of stable housing, individuals also face food scarcity, employment instability, and lack of financial support, which has increased drastically post-COVID (Berglund, et al., 2024).
Recommended Citation
Leone, James E. and Musa, Awo-Yusra H.
(2026).
The Epidemic of Unsheltered Men in the United States and its Public Health Consequences: A National Public Health Priority.
Bridgewater Review, 44(1), 16-21.
Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/br_rev/vol44/iss1/7