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%.
