McKinney-Vento Act

Who Qualifies for McKinney-Vento?

An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including children and youth who are:

Sharing housing due to loss of housing or economic hardship.
Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative adequate housing.
Living in emergency or transitional housing.
Abandoned in hospitals.
Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, or bus or train stations.
Children and youth who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, regular sleeping accommodations.
Migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are living in the circumstances described above.