What kind of data will the Census Bureau provide on people without conventional housing?
For Census 2000, the Census Bureau will produce only one category showing the number of persons tabulated at “Emergency and transitional shelters.” People enumerated at shelters for abused women (shelters against domestic violence or family crisis centers), soup kitchens, regularly scheduled mobile food vans, and targeted nonsheltered outdoor locations will be tabulated into the category “Other noninstitutional group quarters population.
For Census 2000, the Census Bureau will produce only one category showing the number of persons tabulated at “Emergency and transitional shelters.” People enumerated at shelters for abused women (shelters against domestic violence or family crisis centers), soup kitchens, regularly scheduled mobile food vans, and targeted nonsheltered outdoor locations will be tabulated into the category “Other noninstitutional group quarters population.” The category will include people enumerated at: * Shelters with sleeping facilities, low-cost hotels and motels, and hotels/motels used by cities to house the homeless regardless of cost.
