Can’t tell where the figures come from, but the most recent ones from the government are almost twice this.
Basically the wealthier the county the bigger the problem
Is that Iceland with the 10? It seems odd to me that a country with only 300,000 people has any homelessness.
Ireland at 22 per 10k now*. Wonder how much other countries have changed too.
*Based off a 5m pop and 11k homeless so rounded figures but close enough.
Each country has wildly differing methodology and algos for calculating “homeless”. Comparison without context is pointless, this map is pointless.
Always look at the fine print
Fairly meaningless to compare when we undercount homelessness compared to the others.
If you have no home and have to sleep on a friend’s couch in Germany you are counted as homeless, not so here
Irish figures can scarcely be trusted anyway. They are based off the number of people who are provided with emergency accommodation. In other words, if, as is now happening, emergency accommodation reaches capacity and that capacity is not expanded, the number will reach an artificial ceiling.
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Just thought it was interesting considering our housing crisis
Seems to come from this report:
https://www.oecd.org/els/family/HC3-1-Homeless-population.pdf
Can’t tell where the figures come from, but the most recent ones from the government are almost twice this.
Basically the wealthier the county the bigger the problem
Is that Iceland with the 10? It seems odd to me that a country with only 300,000 people has any homelessness.
Ireland at 22 per 10k now*. Wonder how much other countries have changed too.
*Based off a 5m pop and 11k homeless so rounded figures but close enough.
Each country has wildly differing methodology and algos for calculating “homeless”. Comparison without context is pointless, this map is pointless.
Always look at the fine print
Fairly meaningless to compare when we undercount homelessness compared to the others.
If you have no home and have to sleep on a friend’s couch in Germany you are counted as homeless, not so here
Irish figures can scarcely be trusted anyway. They are based off the number of people who are provided with emergency accommodation. In other words, if, as is now happening, emergency accommodation reaches capacity and that capacity is not expanded, the number will reach an artificial ceiling.
Actually shocked at Germany and Spain