The Brief

Over 50% of Americans think homelessness and poverty is a growing problem nationwide.

Respondents to a new AP-NORC/Harris poll are divided on the cause of homelessness.

However, there is agreement among Americans that the government can do more to help people in need.

A new poll finds that most Americans think personal choices are a major factor of poverty and homelessness.

The poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research reveals that just over half of respondents think the government spends too little on people in need.

Researchers polled 1,121 adults between Aug. 21–25, using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel.

Most Americans homelessness and poverty as a

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