Another great project to be involved in in my role as head of comms for CABO and Justice and Home Affairs.
Today, the Minister for Housing has published up to date data on the scale and nature of homelessness in Jersey.
Lots of hard work has gone on behind the scenes to be able to produce this data from Government of Jersey with valuable input from expert partners, for the first time.
The Homelessness in Jersey Report, Second Quarter 2024 has been published just ahead of World Homeless Day (Thursday 10 October), by the Housing Minister: https://lnkd.in/eBEXjmgU
Tackling the issue of homelessness in Jersey is one of the Housing Minister’s priorities and part of the Homelessness Strategy.
Earlier this year, the Minister launched a project to improve the collection of evidence on homelessness in Jersey, drawing together data from organisations in Jersey who assist people who are homeless or facing homelessness.
The organisations who have reported their data and will continue to do so every quarter, in an anonymised format, so up to date reports can be created, are:
The Shelter Trust
FREEDA (formerly the Women’s Refuge)
The Sanctuary Trust, and
The Government of Jersey’s Housing Advice Service (HAS)
Some of the themes to emerge in the report are:
* There were 220 service visits by 204 Islanders to homeless accommodation and service providers;
* Issues of houselessness, with 180 Islanders living in temporary shelter accommodation;
* Instances where people are living in insecure/vulnerable housing situations, including the threat of eviction and domestic abuse
* The difference between the issues raised by, and requirements of, men and women. The report shows that homelessness was highest among men at 75% of recorded, with women comprising 25% of recorded cases.
* Substance use (alcohol and drug use) is the main recorded reason for homelessness amongst males at 14%.
* At risk of, has experience of, or escaping domestic abuse is the main reason for homelessness amongst females at 39%.
* 85 per cent of homeless Islanders referred to in the report have ‘Entitled’ residential status.
Housing in Jersey
