Of the 103 homeless people surveyed in Oxford County last week, 60% of them have lived in the County for over 10 years and over half entered homelessness within the past 9 months.
OXFORD COUNTY - A survey of homeless people living in Oxford county provided some eye opening results.
Last week the Oxford Housing Action Collaborative and Social Planning Council surveyed homeless people at 25 locations in the City. Over a 4 day period, they talked to 93 people experiencing homelessness. Including dependent children, there were 103 people who were experiencing homelessness in the County during this time.
Surveyors spoke with youth, single adults and families living in cars, bus shelters, emergency shelters, couch surfing or staying in motels. The following is just some of the findings from the survey:
- 57% of participants were between the ages of 25 to 44 years old and over half (63%) of those who participated were male.
- 42% of participants had graduated high school, 24% had completed some high school and 16% had completed college/university.
- The majority (60%) of individuals that participated in the survey have been living in Oxford County for at least 10 years, with 26% of respondents stating that they have always lived here and only 10% stating that they have lived here for under one year.
-46% of those surveyed were provisionally accommodated (couch surfing, living in motels/hotels or transitional housing), 32% of people were unsheltered and 21% of people were most frequently staying in emergency shelters.
- In response to a question about top causes of your current homelessness, the most common response at 22% was insufficient income for housing.
- 55% of those surveyed entered homelessness within the past 9 months.
You can find more information about the survey and the results online at spcoxford.ca/adequate-housing.
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