6000 households approach Croydon council’s housing options and advice services every year because they are homeless or threatened with homelessness #HumansToo
4 new people find themselves homeless on to the streets of Westminster every day. 1,137 sleep rough on the streets of London every night.
Rough sleeping in London has more than doubled in the last six years #HumansToo
We are pleased to back this important project led by @bureaulocal People sleeping rough face appalling risks, damage to their physical and mental health and a high chance of an early death. We must turn the tide of these senseless, avoidable deaths . https://t.co/UU5NUIK7r1
Homelessness is extremely harmful to people’s well being and health. Sleeping rough shortens life span by 30 years, with people likely to die younger at 47, compared with 77 for the general population. #HumansToo
One quarter of homeless people are children. HUD reports that on any given night, over 138,000 of the homeless in the U.S. are children under the age of 18. Thousands of these homeless children are unaccompanied, according to HUD #HumansToo