The homeless population faces many challenges including a lack of safe and affordable housing, health issues due to poverty, difficulties accessing services, and poor educational attainment. They have unstable living situations, being forced to live in temporary accommodation like shelters or on the streets. This makes it hard to plan for the long term when focusing on short term needs of shelter. More public housing and emergency accommodation is needed to address the lack of affordable housing. Access to services that provide basic needs as well as counseling, healthcare, job training, and education can help the homeless population exit homelessness.