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Around the world

An estimated 100 million people are homeless worldwide

Source: United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 2005

Europe

An estimated 3 million people are homeless in Europe

Source: Red de Apoyo a la Integración Sociolaboral (RAIS) 2010

Argentina

An estimated 15,000 people are homeless in Buenos Aires

An estimated 4,500 children are homeless in Buenos Aires

Source: Red Solidaria

Australia

100,000 people sleep on the streets of Australia everyday

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2003.

An estimated 105,000 people are homeless in Australia.

Approximately 44% of homeless people in Australia are female

Approximately 12% of homeless people in Australia are children under the age of 12

Source: http://www.homelessnessaustralia.org.au, 2009

Austria

It is estimated that more than 2000 people sleep rough every night in Austria

Approximately 12,000 people are accommodated by homeless facilities in Austria

Source: Feantsa

Belgium

An estimated 1,200 people are homeless in Brussels

Source: De Decker, 2001

Brazil

In Brazil, there is a deficit of 6.6 Million housing units, equalling 20 million homeless people, who live in favelas, shared clandestine rooms, hovels or under bridges and viaducts, or are squatters, in some of the country's largest cities

Source: Brazil 2000 census

An estimated 2,500 people are homeless in Rio de Janiero

An estimated 10,000 people sleep rough in Sao Paulo

Half of the population of Sao Paulo live in informal shelter

Source: Brazil’s Economic Research Institute Foundation, 2003

Canada

Supporting Canda's homeless population costs Canadian Tax Payers CAD$6 billion a year

Source: International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 2008.

Women and Children are the fastest growing group of those who are homeless in Canada

Source: Women’s Housing Advocacy Group, 2003

There are 6,100 homeless people in Ontario

There are 3,365 homeless people in Quebec

Source: www.thamesresearch.org.uk/news-and-views/homelessness-facts-and-figures/

There are 200,000 Homeless people in Canada.

Columbia

There are an estimated 9,654,722 homeless people in Columbia.

Source: http://www.eclac.org/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/publicaciones/xml/5/3030

Croatia

An estimated 2,285 people are displaced as a result of conflict in Croatia

Source: UN figures 0 2402 UNHCR (June 2009)

Finland

An estimated 7,600 people are homeless in Finland

Approximately half of homeless people in Finland live in the Greater Helsinki area

Source: European Federation of National organisations working with the Homeless (FIANCE) 2010

France

An estimated 1 million people are homeless in France

An estimated 100,000 people live on the streets in France

Source: http://www.emmaus-france.org.uk, 2007

Germany

An estimated 254,000 people are homeless in Germany

Approximately 25% are women

Approximately 11% are children and young people

Source: European Federation of National organisations working with the Homeless (FIANCE)

Greece

Homelessness in Greece has risen from 17,000 in 2009 to 20,000 in 2010

An estimated 9,000 people are homeless in Athens

Source: European Observatory on Homelessness

Hong Kong

52.7% of homeless people are aged 49 or over in Hong Kong

18% of homeless people have not received a formal education in Hong Kong.

Source: Project on Helping Street Sleepers - Paper of LegCo Welfare Panel (2004)

Hungary

Approximately 10,000 people are homeless in Budapest

Source: Estimating the Size of Homeless Population in Budapest, Hungary David Beata

India

In 2003, there were 78 million homeless people in India

Source: Action Aid, 2003

India is home to 63% of all slum dwellers in South Asia

Source: http://www.slumdogs.org, UNHABITAT, 2007

Indonesia

There are 3,000,000 homeless people in Indonesia

Source: www.achr.net/indonesia.htm

An estimated 28,364 people are homeless in Jakata

Source: 2001 Census

Ireland

An estimated 2366 people are homeless in Dublin every night

Source: http://www.combatpoverty.ie/povertyinireland/homelessness.htm, 2008

Italy

An estimated 7,000 people are homeless in Rome

Italy has no official, legal definition of homelessness

An estimated 17,000 people are homeless in Italy

Source: http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/news.php?id_n=3559

Ivory Coast

An estimated 40,000 people are homeless in the western Ivory Coast

Japan

An estimated 25,296 people are homeless in Japan

An estimated 5,000 people are homeless in Tokyo

Source: www.street-papers.org/case-studies-asia, 2006

Lithuania

There are 1,250 homeless people in Lithuania

Source: Homelessness in Lithuania: An Outline of the Situation for FEANTSA

Malawi

An estimated 90% of Malawi’s urban population live under slum conditions

Source: http://www.homeless-international.org/standard_1.aspx?id=1:28496&id=0:276&id=0:262

Mexico

In Mexico City an estimated 40% of people live in informal housing

Source: www.unhabitat.org

Namibia

More than 70,000 people live in shack settlements in Namibia

Source: http://www.homeless-international.org/standard_1.aspx?doc=1:26148&id=1:28813&id=1:28652&id=1:28486&id=0:262

Netherlands

An estimated 30,000 people are homeless in the Netherlands

Source: http://www.feantsa.org/code/en/country.asp?ID=12&Page=22

Nigeria

By 2015, there will be an estimated homeless population of 24.4 million people in Nigeria

Source: http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/STATISTICS/4852366f2.pdf

Palestine

An estimated 24,145 Palestinian homes have been demolished in the Occupied Territories since 1967

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7839075.stm

Philippines

32.8million, 40% of the population in Philippines, live in slums

Source: Homeless International, 2008

An estimated 1,200,000 children live on the streets in the Philippines

Source: http://www.unhabitat.org

Portugal

Most homeless people live in metropolitan areas such as Lisbon and Porto.

Russia

An estimated 5 million people are homeless in Russia

An estimated 1 million children are homeless in Russia

Approximately 3.4%of the population is homeless

Source: Russian Interior Ministry, 2008

Scotland

40,123 homeless applications accepted in 2008-09

More than 50% are asked to leave their accommodation following domestic issues

Source: http://scotland.shelter.org.uk/housing_issues/research_and_statistics/key_statistics/homelessness_facts_and_research

Spain

An estimated 39,654 people are homeless in Spain

An estimated 6,190 sleep on the streets

Source: Red de Apoyo a la Integración Sociolaboral (RAIS) 2010

Sweden

Around 17,800 people are homeless in Sweden

Source: Swedish Home Office 2010

United Kingdom

The UK has one of the highest levels of homelessness in Europe with more than 4 people per 1,000 estimated to be homeless

Source: Homeless Pages, 2004.

The average life expectancy of a Homeless Person in the UK is 42 years, compared to the national average of 74 for men and 79 for women. This is lower than the life expectancy of Ethiopia or the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Source: “Still Dying for a Home” – Crisis, 1996.

In the UK there are 10,459 rough sleepers and 98,750 households in temporary accommodation

Source: Department for Communities and Local Government, 2005

Homelessness costs London £38.9 million a year in lost economic development and costs to its justice and health-care communities, and a much higher toll in human lives

Source: University of Western Ontario, 2003

The estimated cost for one homeless person in the UK to be provided accommodation and other support services is £15,000 per year

Source: Homeless Link UK, 2008

Statistics indicate that 63% of homeless women in the UK have experienced domestic violence and 40% have been sexually abused

Source: Homeless Link, 2007

USA

Estimated homeless figures in the United States range from 600,000 to 2.5 million

Source: http://www.fas.org, 2009

1.37 million of the total homeless population in USA are children under the age of 18. 40% are families with children, 41% are single males, 14% are single females

Source: International Journal of Psychosocial Research, 2008

Research by Dennis Culhane, University of Pennsylvania, followed thousands of homeless people in New York and each of them used an average of $40,000 a year in public services, such as increased health care.

Source: University of Pennsylvania

Wales

An estimated 1,475 households are homeless in Wales

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/wales_politics/8270906.stm