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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.
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Survey of Needs and Provision (SNAP) - Findings have now been published from the joint research project between Homeless Link and RIS mapping 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.
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 section
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 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