Who is Considered Homeless?

  • McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 2001 – Title X, Part C of the

    No Child Left Behind Act – Sec 725

     

    The term “homeless children and youth”—


    A. means individuals who lack a fixed,regular, and adequate nighttime residence..; and


    B. includes —

    i. children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals; or are awaiting foster care placement;

    ii. children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings…

    iii. children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and

    iv. migratory children who qualify as homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because the children are living in circumstances described in clauses (i) through (iii).