“The elderly population has historically been underrepresented among the homeless population. The limited national homelessness data that have been collected over the past two decades are consistent in revealing that homelessness is much more prevalent among younger adults than among older adults and the elderly. A 1996 national study by the Urban Institute found that, while those over age 55 represented 28 percent of the general adult population, they made up only 8 percent of the homeless population” (National Alliance, 2010). Some of the policies that have been created are generally for the entire homeless population. As a mention before it is a big issue because the aging population is growing and the number of senior without a home will
