Social Problems
In 2005, an estimated 100 million people worldwide were homeless.
The following statistics indicate the approximate average number of homeless
people at any one time. Each country has a different approach to counting
homeless people, and estimates of homelessness made by different organizations
vary wildly, so comparisons should be made with caution.
History of homelessness
In the sixteenth century in England, the state first tried to give housing to
vagrants instead of punishing them, by introducing bridewells to take vagrants
and train them for a profession. In the eighteenth century, these were replaced
by workhouses but these were intended to discourage too much reliance on state
help. These were later replaced by dormitory housing ("spikes") provided by
local boroughs, and these were researched by the writer George Orwell. By the
1930s in England, there were 30,000 people living in these facilities. In the
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