According to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, you are homeless if you live:

In a shelter (family, domestic violence, or youth shelter or transitional living program)
In a motel, hotel, or weekly rate housing
In shared housing with more than one family because of economic hardship, financial necessity or loss
In an abandoned building, in a car, at a campground, or on the street
In substandard housing (without electricity, water, or heat)
With friends or family because you are a runaway or an unaccompanied youth

KEY INFORMATION & RIGHTS:

WUSD McKinney-Vento/Homeless Education and Foster Youth liaison: Brian Williams

McKinney-Vento Homeless Education