News Report | November 10, 2019
Unsheltered Homeless Far More Likely To Report Significant Health Concerns Than Sheltered Homeless
Unsheltered homeless individuals are far more likely to report significant health concerns than sheltered homeless individuals. Approximately 50% of unsheltered people reported having a combination of a physical health condition, a mental health issue, and a substance abuse condition (what researchers call a state of tri-morbidity). By comparison, approximately 2% of sheltered homeless individuals would be classified as trimorbid, according to researchers with the California Policy Lab.
Additionally, unsheltered homeless people were:
- More than four times as likely (46%) as sheltered people (11%) to report that their physical health conditions have contributed to a loss of housing . . .