According to the organizers, the number of people sleeping rough in Taipei City alone is increasing by some 200 every year. The charities currently serve over 2000 homeless people in the city, of whom 90 % are male and more than half are aged between 40 and 60. The majority of them could not face their families after losing their jobs, and finally ended up on the street, as "economic" homeless.
據主辦單位表示，光是台北縣市，每年平均會增加二百名遊民，如今基金會服務的街友已達到二千名之多，其中九成為男性，一半以上年齡在四十到六十歲之間，多數是失業後不能見容於家人，最後流落街頭，屬於「經濟型」街友。