Homelessness affects individuals from all cultural, religious, racial and economic backgrounds.
Yes, homelessness can happen to anyone, for many reasons:

• Lack of affordable housing
• Family break up
• Poor money management
• Loss of job
• Loss of benefits
• Chemical dependencies
• Untreated mental health or medical problems
• Domestic violence
• Institutional discharge
• Eviction
• Fire

Since 1995, the numbers of emergency and transitional beds have for the homeless have increased by 30% to meet the increasing need for shelter in our community. On any given night, over 500 persons are sheltered in our communities. This is 44% above the numbers placed in 1995.

In a survey done in our region, men account for about 57% of the homeless adults, and women account for about 43%.