Data comes from the 2019 Annual Report of the Florida Council on Homelessness, which can be accessed here: https://www.myflfamilies.com/service-programs/homelessness/docs/2019CouncilReport.pdfState of Florida Definition of Homeless (F.S. 420.621(5))
“Homeless,” applied to an individual, or “individual experiencing homelessness” means an individual who lacks a fixed,
regular, and adequate nighttime residence and includes an individual who:
a) Is sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason;
b) Is living in a motel, hotel, travel trailer park, or camping ground due to a lack of alternative adequate
accommodations;
c) Is living in an emergency or transitional shelter;
d) Has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a
regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;
e) Is living in a car, park, public space, abandoned building, bus or train station, or similar setting; or
f) Is a migratory individual who qualifies as homeless because he or she is living in circumstances described in
paragraphs (a)-(e).
The terms do not refer to an individual imprisoned pursuant to state or federal law or to individuals or families who
are sharing housing due to cultural preferences, voluntary arrangements, or traditional networks of support. The terms
include an individual who has been released from jail, prison, the juvenile justice system, the child welfare system, a
mental health and developmental disability facility, a residential addiction treatment program, or a hospital, for whom
no subsequent residence has been identified, and who lacks the resources and support network to obtain housing.