Between 85,000 and 225,000 Texans are homeless.

Source: 1996 State Low Income Housing Plan, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, May 1996, p. 3-12.

A veteran working as a newspaper carrier is homeless and suffers from tuberculosis. Fearing assault, he lives in hiding in patches of foliage along Houston freeways.

30-45% of the homeless in Texas are veterans.

Source: 1996 State Low Income Housing Plan, Texas Dept. of Housing & Community Affairs, p.3-15.

43% of the homeless in Texas are children.

Source: 1996 State Low Income Housing Plan, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, p. 3-15.

(above) This family was homeless on the streets of Houston until they found a home in public housing. More that 21,000 families are on the public housing waiting list in Houston.

(below) This man lives under an elevated Houston freeway in the 'house' he built from plywood scraps and plastic covering.

Photos: Patricia Moore