•Young people ages 16 to 24 make up 20% of the homeless population.
•Nearly 1 in 5 households faces extreme problems affording housing.
•In the past 25 years, Canada’s population has grown 30% while federal support for low-income housing has been cut in HALF on a per-person basis.
•180,000 homeless people stayed in emergency shelters across Canada during 2014.
•Every $1 spent on support for the chronically homeless equals $2.17 saved in areas like healthcare and the justice system.
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