"Homelessness,
a silent killer."

AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY IN EUROPE
77 Average male 47 Homeless male
83 Average female 43 Homeless female

PHYSICAL

HEALTH ISSUES
chronical stress unhealthy environment lack of sleep accidents unhealthy food substance abuse

PSYCHOLOGICAL

HEALTH ISSUES
DEPRESSION + FEAR AND ANXIETY + ADDICTION

SUICIDE RATE

IS 9 TIMES HIGHER IN HOMELESS PEOPLE
BELGIUM CURRENTLY COUNTS
AN ESTIMATED 50,000
HOMELESS PEOPLE
5,000
People permanently living on the streets
45,000
People living without a permanent location

AN ESTIMATED 3 MILLION
PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS IN EUROPE

"Being homeless is
a symptom."

It is impossible to talk about homelessness without addressing poverty. Being homeless is a symptom; it is useless to fight a symptom without fighting the underlying cause.
HOW DO PEOPLE BECOME
homeless
Shortage of affordable
HOUSING
Lack of regular
INCOME

"Poverty is still rising,
in Europe."

one in seven people
lives in poverty
in Belgium
17%
of the eu
citizens is
exposed to
poverty

20%

 Lives in unhealthy
houses

10%

 Lives in a family
where nobody has a job
20 MILLION EUROPEAN CHILDREN
ARE ENDANGERED WITH POVERTY OR SOCIAL EXCLUSION

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