Homeless Find Rest in Faith-based Shelters More Than Others: Religious organizations provide more than half of the emergency shelter beds for homeless people in major cities across the country, a new Baylor University study shows. In a study of 11 U.S. cities, 58 percent of emergency beds for the homeless were at faith-based organizations. The percentage ranged widely, with 90 percent of emergency beds in Omaha, Neb., provided by faith groups and 33 percent in Portland, Ore. The report found that cities with higher participation by religious groups had lower percentages of unsheltered homeless people.
