When I read something like this I have to ask—Where is the data for the past 20 years?
-Funding for that project ended and likely not renewed because it wasn't novel enough
-The authors moved on to other topics
-Government agencies decided not to track that particular data
"In a 2020 journal article for the American Society on Aging, Kushel wrote that of all the homeless single adults in the early 1990s, 11% were aged 50 and older. By 2003, she says that percentage grew to 37%.
Now, the over-50 demographic represents half of the homeless single adults in the U.S. — with no sign of their numbers slowing, leaving baby boomers (those aged 57 to 75) particularly vulnerable."
That's of course not the case and the actual situation is not good, just sayin'. Good case of how you can spin statistics to tell a story.
It's important to know because it changes the problem ... if a lot of homeless people are elderly the solutions need to be different than if they are younger.
For instance it's not "job training and introductions into the work force" if these people are past working age.