evidence: Men. Approximately 61 percent of people experiencing homelessness identify as men. Men (and men of color in particular) also continue make up the majority of individuals experiencing homelessness. For every 15 women who experience homelessness, 24 men do (Figure 11). Without specifically addressing homelessness among individual men in particular, homelessness will persist in the United States. [...] In part, this is because older adults often have fixed or limited incomes that have not kept pace with the rising cost of living. They have fewer opportunities to increase their incomes from work and need long-term support. [...] - 5.5 percent of all women and 1.4 percent of all men needed emergency housing services at some point because of intimate partner violence, according to a national survey.