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Table 16. Characteristics Perceived by Respondents
to Prevent Exit From Homelessness, 1996


Percent

Insufficient income

30

Lack of job

24

No suitable housing

11

Addiction to alcohol or drugs

9

Other

24

Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

Source: Interagency Council on the Homeless, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Homelessness:
Programs and the People They Serve
(1999).