According to Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries:

• In the Detroit area, there are at least 3,700 people in need of emergency shelter on any given night. To meet the need, there should be 1,400 more beds available.

• There are less than 940 transitional housing beds for over 5,086 homeless men, women and children per night.

• Over 2,000 people live on the streets each night in abandoned buildings or “double up” with family or friends.

• Over 10,000 families in Wayne County will become homeless at least once during the next year.

• Families now constitute 26% of the number of homeless persons per year.

Heartbreaking. Let's figure out how we can help fix this.