The older middle-aged homeless population is growing—and dying—at high rates
Housing interventions aimed at the sick and elderly often miss much of the over-50 homeless population, according to a new JAMA study. People who lose housing for the first time after 50 years old are at particular risk of dying early. The newly homeless are largely working poor people who experienced some trauma, such as a rent increase, job loss, family breakup, or sickness, that made housing unaffordable.
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