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July 2008
 The Third Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Community
Planning and Development reported that the number of chronically homeless
individuals in the U.S. was down 15% in 2007. The report covered the
period from October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007. Findings note
that in 2007, 1.6 million previously homeless people found shelter in
emergency housing or in transitional living programs. Chronic
homelessness was defined as a person with a disability who has been
continuously homeless for at least 12 months or who has been homeless for
at least four times in 36 months.
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