Published on Feb 2, 2014
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There are around 1,750,000 homeless people in the USA today.
According to the 2013 Annual Homeless Assessment Report, nearly 64,000 people, including 22,000 children, are homeless in New York City.
Through an artist who paints New York vagrants, RT relays the life stories of people who live on the edge, learns how they came to the streets and how to survive there.
We also meet some of the dedicated volunteers who do what they can to help.