Are we seeing more homeless people in certain age groups?

I am afraid by now you find homeless people in all age groups. Many young ones over here don't care to be homeless because they want to be free. There are many teenagers already homeless. Whole (young) families are because they can't pay off their houses/debts or their own business is bankrupt. It's hard to get a job, over here already at the age of 21, esp. if you are educated. Nobody will hire you. If you are over 40 it's the same. Being older means: more experiences, more educated = higher income. If you want to clean floors they won't hire you if you are (hig) educated, have a profession. No matter if you have kids or not (over here kids are a burden if it comes to get hired. They will always ask you what you will do if your kids get sick). I don't know if more elder people are homeless by now, I do notice that many kids keep living with the parents, or go back home so they can share the costs/rent etc.

Most of the homeless that I've seen range in the late 30s to 40s. Another thing I've noticed is that most of the homeless are men. I know they're out there, but I've never seen a woman in the same position except for on tv in other countries. I wonder why that is.

I think you're right even my age now seems it's already hard to find a job unless I have specific skills and keep updating them I don't have anyone to stay with in case of emergency my only choice is the shelter and they may make people with children priorities too

I'm sorry to hear about your inconvenience. Well, here in my country, there are lots of kids roaming around the streets, either selling something or begging for money. They're between 8 to 12 years old.

In my country, you find people in different age group being homeless because of poverty. Most of them begs, steals, and sleep on the streets. Even educated people has difficulty finding jobs nowadays, how much more for those who are undergraduate or of no educational background at all. Now with your age, I would say it is indeed a very difficult place to be. Employers would want to prefer younger employee for maximum production. Can your children help you? Because in my place, it is much the duty of the children to provide for their parents if they will not be able to support for themselves. It is part of our culture. I really hope they can so that it would help solve your problem. And just continue applying, who knows maybe one day you'll land a job one of days.

Some homeless people have mental health issues and they don't know how to get resources or they might be in denial about their problem. These can be people of any age and unfortunately sometimes we see veterans on the street. In the United States...if you are a U.S. Citizen...people take care of people. There are resources available to make sure everyone's needs are met. There is State assistance for food and medical. There are Care & Share Food pantries where people can get free food. There are federally funded programs like HUD where you can get subsidized rent if you are considered low income. There is also a free cell phone so people who are low income can communicate. In the state of Utah we have a resource hotline. If people need resources they can dial 211 and someone may be able to offer guidance.

I've been in your position before and it stinks. That doesn't mean it has to stay that way though..lol What about looking into a live in job that pays a bit and gives you time off? Like a nanny, mother's helper, or care giver, pca etc.? You may have already thought of this and perhaps it's not for you..it just popped in my head when I was reading this so..I hope it helps. I've been on disability since 2005. I live with my mother who is not in the best of health at 71...She had a long hospital stay from surgery in Aug-Dec and still has the visiting nurse for bandage changes. So, now I can't try and go back to work just yet due to taking care of her...and being barely able to work, strength wise due to my own health problems, until she is a bit stronger. And then that's when I can look for work... who knows if there will be a job. If anything happened to my mom... at this point myself, my unemployed brother, and unemployed roommate would all be camping in the woods... Hope something works out for you soon.

With the economy being what it is right now, I think that there are more homeless people in every age group than there has ever been before. I do have a friend that is staying with us most of the time because she doesn't have a home of her own. She is actually a young adult. She is lucky, however, because her children are staying with their father right now so they do have a roof over their heads and she knows that her children are more than welcome to come stay with us if they ever need somewhere to stay as well.

Oh dear..perhaps you can come down and stay with me till you reach 60. Can spare you a room - no rent. We do have power outages. You would have to pay your share of power bills and earn for your living though. Of course, the standards are not as good as those in the US. But we are alive, right? And not getting as sick as predicted by pharmaceutical companies. So - you might want to consider that. You could easily get a job out here because your English is perfect. You could save up some in paypal for rents in States after you return or even property. I can only be a friend to that extent.