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Homelessness2014

@HomelessnessNow

We want to raise awareness of Homelessness as it is discriminative and unfair. Homeless people need our help and deserve another chance. Please follow us!

The longer someone is homeless, the greater the risks of long term physical and emotional harm and the greater the cost to society.


In Canadian families, 20% of all renters spend more than 50% of their income on rent and, as a result, are at risk of losing their housing.


Each night, about 8000 homeless people are sleeping in shelters in the 9 largest metropolitan areas of Canada.


16.5% of all Canadian children live in families that fall below the poverty line.


50% of street youth come from middle- and upper-class homes.


On average, street youth first leave home when they are 15 years old.


The “hidden homeless” are those living in cars and motels, and bunking with friends.


On any given night, approximately 33,000 Canadians are homeless - 8,000 to 11,000 are youth.


There are an estimated 100 million children living on the streets in the world today.


69,460 children are living in homeless households – three quarters of the total accepted


More than 3.5 million people are homeless every night, and 1.35 million are children.


The average age of a homeless person is 9 years old.


Approximately 2,000 people are homeless in Omaha every night.


Approximately 20,000 people are homeless in Nebraska every night.


mungosbroadway.org.uk/homelessness/f… This is a campaign which helps homeless people. It has facts and statistics about homelessness.


We want to raise awareness of this issue as we believe that we are all equal in this world. youtu.be/DEIoIMpZamI?a


‘In England, more than 81,000 households were found to be homeless during 2012/13.’


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Please remember to fill out our online survey and sign our online petition: www.theissueofhomelessness.yolasitecom


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