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Young People Represent 20% of the Overall Homeless Population. Why Isn’t This Receiving More Coverage from Mainstream Media?<\/em><\/h2>\n

As we advance technologically, we appear to take significant leaps backward with our sense of humanity. Today, global estimates suggest that more than <\/span>100 million people worldwide<\/span><\/a>\u00a0have no safe, stable dwelling place to call their home. What’s worse, at least 1.6 billion people are precariously housed in sub-standard conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not only is the face of homelessness becoming more abundant, but it is also becoming much younger. This is particularly true in the so-called “civilized” or “first-world” nations, where wealth inequality regularly rears its ugly head. Take, for example, Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n

With a\u00a0<\/span>GDP of approximately $1.64 trillion USD<\/span><\/a>, Canada is currently considered the ninth-richest county globally. Renowned for its bustling nightlife, sparkling waterfalls, and mesmerizing mountain sunsets, it’s almost impossible to believe that Canada has tucked homelessness away as one of its most scathing unspoken scandals. Still, the truth is right there in the numbers, just a spreadsheet away.<\/span><\/p>\n

Raising the Roof reports that homelessness has been steadily increasing in this region for years. Not only is the number of people experiencing homeless ticking up, but the amount of time people are spending in unhoused status is getting lengthier. Indeed, the only thing about homelessness that’s seemingly lower\u00a0<\/span>is the age.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Studies Show that Younger People are Becoming Increasingly More Vulnerable to Homelessness in The Great White North<\/h3>\n

Statistics Canada is the nation’s go-to source for accurate, viable, and current information regarding social and economic trends across the country. In 2019, this noted source was awarded the\u00a0<\/span>Mirabelli-Glossop Award<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for its outstanding contributions to expanding knowledge that can lead to the “to better understanding families and family life.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2021, researcher:<\/span><\/p>\n

Stephenson Strobel (<\/span>College of Human Ecology<\/span><\/a>) and students:<\/span><\/p>\n