How many young adults in the US are sleeping somewhere else because they have no home?

Imagine being in your 20s, 30s, or 40s and having nowhere stable to sleep. A recent survey asked adults in that age group across the United States if they had spent at least one night in an alternate location in the past year because they didn't have a permanent home. The survey aimed to measure this specific form of housing instability, but the report did not share the final number or percentage of people who said yes. This means we know the question was asked, but we don't yet know the scale of the answer. The survey involved both women and men. Because this is survey data, it can tell us that a problem exists, but it can't prove what's causing people to lose their housing or what the health or social consequences are. It's an important look at a vulnerable slice of the population, but the full picture remains unclear.