Homeless Deaths Up 12 Percent in a Year: Report

New research has recorded a 12 percent increase in deaths among homeless people in 2023, prompting calls for urgent government action. The Museum of Homelessness has been documenting homeless deaths in the UK since 2019. According to its latest report, at least 1,474 people died while homeless on British streets last year. This is a 12 percent increase on the numbers recorded by the study in 2022, when 1,313 deaths were recorded. Within those figures, the deaths of people sleeping rough spiked by 42 percent from 109 to 155 in a year. The community-driven social justice museum, based in London, gathers data via Freedom of Information requests, coroners’ reports, charities, or family members....