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Homelessness Facts
These pages include basic facts, definitions and statistics about homelessness.
For information about specific issues around homelessness, see our Issues pages.
Rough Sleeping Profile - Homeless Link has publishing a short briefing with key statistics on rough sleeping.
SNAP
Survey of Needs and Provision (SNAP) - Early in 2008 we published our Survey of Needs and Provision a joint research project between Homeless Link and RIS that maps services for homeless people without dependants. This includes data on the number of services in England, who they work with and the support that they offer. SNAP is being repeated for 2009 and will be published early in the new year.
Homelessness Statistics
The homelessness statistics section includes information on estimated numbers of statutory homeless, rough sleepers and other categories.
Definitions of homelessness
The definitions of homelessness section provides more information of the different ways in which we can define homelessness.
At risk of homelessness
Any of us could become homeless, but this section outlines some of the issues that make individuals more at risk of homelessness
Causes of homelessness
As well as the personal and structural risk factors, certain events are more likely to trigger homelessness. These are outlined in our causes of homelessness section
Impact of homelessness
It is often difficult to disentangle the support needs that people develop as a result of homelessness from issues that made them vulnerable to homelessness in the first place. However, many studies have shown a correlation between several aspects of social exclusion/vulnerability and homelessness. The impact of homelessness section outlines some of the issues associated with homelessness in terms of education, employment and health.
Costs of homelessness
It is often difficult to quantify the impact of homelessness services, especially in financial terms. However, the costs of homelessness section outlines a number of studies in recent years that have aimed to cost the impact of homelessnes to illustrate the potential financial benefits of homelessness prevention and intervention.
Solutions to homelessness
The solutions section links to our campaign on ending homelessness. It outlines key ten areas for action and links to the campaign website