A Day in the Life of the Homeless in America

According to some estimates, the number of those without a permanent place to live has doubled in the last 20 years.

From villages to large cities, homelessness has spread like dye through the weave of America’s social fabric. A single day in the life of the homeless reveals hundreds of thousands without shelter, and blame goes to everything from the lack of affordable housing and unemployment to drug abuse, mental illness and a flawed foster care system.