HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING INSECURITY

  • 36% Participants were homeless in the past 12 months
  • 18% Homeless at the time of their study interview
  • 16% Turned away from a homeless shelter because they were transgender
  • 143 Average number of nights participants spent homeless in the last year
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Participants who have been homeless in the past year are:

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  • 2 times more likely to be Black or African American
  • 3 times more likely to be living below the poverty level
  • 4 times more likely to have engaged in sex work in the last year
  • 5 times more likely to be unemployed, doing undocumented work or sex work as compared to full time work
  • 10 times more likely to experience stigma in some form than those who are not homeless
  • Respondents who were homeless in the past 12 months tended to have higher mental distress and were less likely to have used hormones for gender affirmation.