The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s current definition of homelessness is an anyone who is unsheltered, living in a homeless facility or program, or living with others for a short, determined amount of time (National Alliance to End Homelessness, 2015). This definition fails to include the children and youth who are staying temporary with others or in a motel that their families have to pay for with a minimal income (The National Network for Youth, 2015). According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness (2015), in 2003, there were approximately 100,000 youths considered homeless. However, that drastically increased to 3.9 million when poor people who are doubled up, those living with others because of economic
