Outcomes of Homelessness

Individual Outcomes:

  • Health effects:
    • Chronic disease caused and/or exacerbated by homelessness
    • Higher mortality rates for the chronically homeless

Societal Outcomes:

  • Financial costs
    • An average of $42K in social service costs per homeless individual annually (including shelter, medical costs and incarceration)
  • Lost opportunity
    • Homeless people have more obstacles to contributing to society