Street Based Lifestyle Monitor

Street Based Lifestyle Monitor Cardiff (October 2013-October 2015) 0

Executive Summary Those living a street based lifestyle are the public face of homelessness and yet accurate data around how many people are sleeping rough, moving between emergency accommodation or spending most of their time on the streets is difficult to obtain. Assessing daily rough sleeper numbers is extremely difficult due to the nature of rough sleepers and their need to protect themselves. The Cardiff Rough Sleepers Intervention Team (RSIT) operates in Cardiff supporting street homeless and collecting figures on their numbers and needs. Data was collected for the 25 month period October 2013-October 2015. From this data we have identified an increase of 64% in the numbers of those living a street based lifestyle being contacted by the RSIT between the two 12 month periods contained in the data. Figures from October months show an increase in numbers contacted per day from 12 to 17 to 28 in 2013, 2014 and 2015 respectively. A sample of 20 days found that 95% of those being supported by the RSIT service had slept rough that night. The data shows a more than doubling in those living a street based lifestyle being located in Cardiff per day by the RSIT over the last 25 months for some months and therefore indicates a similar increase in those sleeping rough. This data is not intended to be used as an absolute figure for those living a street based lifestyle in Cardiff. It does however provide an indication of the overall trends and can enhance the accuracy of the overall picture of street homelessness in the City alongside other data. Contents 2. Introduction 2. Background 3. Methodology 5. Results 9. Data 20. Glossary 20. References 20. Appendix 1

Introduction The Wallich operates Rough Sleeper Intervention Teams (RSITs) in the cities of Cardiff, Swansea and Newport, and the town of Bridgend. In Cardiff the RSIT works in partnership with Cardiff Council and other organisations to support and monitor rough sleepers. RSITs provide immediate humanitarian aid to rough sleepers and those living a street based lifestyle, as well as advice on accessing statutory and other services with the aim of assisting people in finding accommodation. The RSIT is the first link in a chain of support services that aim to eventually see those living a street based lifestyle gain and maintain tenancies and employment if they are able to do so. This report aims to fill a knowledge gap for those working to end street homelessness, whether in Government, Local Authorities or the third sector. There is currently a lack of accurate and useful data in some areas on how many people are sleeping rough daily in Welsh cities throughout the year, who they are and what needs they have. This report does not aim to produce any recommendations for helping those living a street based lifestyle in Cardiff nor does it comment on current service provision. It is simply designed to produce a picture in the city over a 25 month period and to identify any trends within the figures. Background Figure 1 shows the numbers presenting to Cardiff Council as homeless and the decisions the Council made regarding their eligibility for services. Only those actively presenting to the Council are recorded however. This figure provides a background to homelessness in the local authority area but does not provide either the numbers living a street based lifestyle after presenting to the council or those living a street based lifestyle who have not presented to the council. For further information on eligibility, priority need and intentionality see appendix. Accurate rough sleeper numbers are almost impossible to obtain due to the nature of rough sleepers and their need to protect themselves by becoming invisible. The Welsh Government carried out one night rough sleeper counts through Local Authorities in March 2007 & 2008. 2007 returned a figure nationally of 138 and 2008 a figure of 124. In both years the figure for Cardiff was 26. The Welsh Government themselves admit that these figures do little more than confirm that rough sleeping exists. This may explain why the annual count was discontinued until 2014. A further one night count in November 2014 returned a figure of 83 rough sleepers in Wales, with a figure, once again, of 26 for Cardiff. The recorded rate of rough sleeping in Wales is half that in England proportional to population. Alongside the 2014 count, the Welsh Government ran a complementary count over two weeks in which participating organisations logged all rough sleeper enquiries over the fortnight. This census style approach recorded 244 individuals sleeping rough in Wales during November 2014. 37 in Cardiff. The figures from the Cardiff RSIT provide an all year round monitor of those living a street based lifestyle in Cardiff. However, they should never be used as an absolute figure for the area. 2

Methodology The RSIT in Cardiff records information on people they have supported each day. It covers the city Centre area of Cardiff. The team visit known areas of rough sleeping as well as investigating new referrals, making valuable contact with anyone leading a street based lifestyle. This information includes age and gender of the individual and other fields. Also recorded is the housing status of the individual from the following categories: Rough Sleeper (RS) (slept on the street the previous night) Vulnerably Housed (VH) (in unsuitable very short term accommodation) Bad Weather Provision (BWP or CWP) (short term accommodation provided in bad or cold weather) Sofa Surfing (SS) (temporarily staying with friends) Emergency Overnight Stay (EOS) (1 night temporary accommodation allocated through the Council s Gateway system) Temporary Accommodation (TA) (other than those above) Housed with Support Package in place (HSN) Other This data is recorded on our in house system Discovery, and on paper. Data was collected from this system and analysed to produce graphs showing the mean number of people contacted per day for each calendar month between October 2013 and October 2015 as well. The numbers of different individuals contacted per calendar month was also collected and displayed, as well as the numbers that fit into the following categories: age 16/17, age 18-25, man, woman and no gender recorded. The data collected from Discovery was also displayed in table form for each day between October 2013 and October 2015. From the paper based data 20 days were taken spanning October & November 2015. From this the number of recorded rough sleepers was recorded and the total number of people supported and a percentage derived. The Cardiff RSIT aims to operate every day. On days the RSIT did not operate N/A is recorded. 3

Cardiff Council Homelessness Presentations 4000 3730 3500 3150 3000 2705 2500 2000 2020 1880 1500 1000 500 0 1540 1050 1040 960 850 710 620 645 15 260 80 95 125 85 105 25 30 0 40 10 480 345 1555 1305 1210 1065 1065 825 770 790 820 690 525 605 625 565 420 10 60 15 50 5 55 55 85 130 130 50 70 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 Eligible, unintentionally homeless and in priority need Eligible, homeless but not in priority need Ineligible households Eligible, homeless and in a priority need, but intentionally so Eligible, but not homeless Total decisions Figure 1: This graph shows households presenting to Cardiff Council as homeless and the decisions made (Source: Stats Wales) 4

Mean Daily People Supported Cardiff RSIT Monthly Mean People Supported Per Day 30 27 28 25 21 22 22 23 23 20 15 14 15 17 15 10 12 12 10 8 8 9 12 13 13 12 10 14 5 6 8 0 Calendar Month Figure 2: This graph shows the number of those living a street based lifestyle that the RSIT made contact with per day as a mean over a calendar month, over a 25 month period. Full daily data is included in the data section of this report. The highlighted areas indicate the winter months. 5

Individual Rough Sleepers Individual Rough Sleepers Per Calendar Month 250 200 150 100 50 0 Men Women No Gender Recorded Total 18/25 Year Olds Figure 3: This graph shows the number of individual people receiving the RSIT service per calendar month. It also shows how many of these are men, women, whose gender was not recorded and how many were aged 18-25. How many were aged 16/17 is not displayed as for most months this is zero. Data available on page 9. 6

% of Individual People Living a Street Based Lifestyle Cardiff RSIT Specific Groups (Individuals per Month) 25 20 15 10 5 0 Women 18-25 Year Olds Linear (Women) Linear (18-25 Year Olds) Figure 4: This graph shows the percentage that individual women and those aged 18-25 receiving the RSIT service make up of the total individuals contacted per calendar month. Again 16/17 year olds are omitted for clarity. 7

Results People Supported Per Day Figure 2 shows how many people living a street based lifestyle are supported by the RSIT per day. The figure is a monthly mean (total contacts over the month divided by the number of days on which the RSIT operated that month) partly for ease of data handling and partly to smooth out anomalous days where extraordinarily high or low figures are recorded. The pattern is a clear upward trend, with year on year increases in both the winter and summer months. In October the daily average increased from 12 in 2013, to 17 in 2014, to 28 in 2015. June saw an increase from 12 in 2014 to 22 in 2015. January was the only month to return a similar level of those living a street based lifestyle across the 25 month period, with 8 per day on average in both 2014 and 2015. Further analysis of the figures shows that the 12 month average figures were as follows: (Oct 2013-September 2014) 11 (October 2014-September 2015) 18 From this, and figure 2, it can be said that there was a 64% increase in the numbers living a street based lifestyle between the two 12 month periods. Individual Numbers Figure 3 shows that numbers of individuals living a street based lifestyle mirror the numbers being contacted per day. From this we can say that around 15% of those individuals who will be found living a street based lifestyle by the RSIT each month will be contacted on any one day. The street based population is split between those who are transient, perhaps spending one or two days/nights on the streets, and entrenched rough sleepers who may be sleeping rough for a period of months or years. The data we collect does not currently show a breakdown of those who are entrenched and those who are more transient. Specific Groups Figure 3 shows the gender breakdown of the individuals living a street based lifestyle supported over the 25 month period. The data for this graph is contained in table 1 on page 9. Numbers of women supported range from 2 to 31 per month over the period. Also shown are the numbers of 18-25 year old individuals supported. These range from 6 to 33 per month over the period. Numbers of 16/17 year olds supported were omitted from the graphs as only 1 was supported over the 25 month period. Data shown in table 1. Figure 4 analyses these groups further. This shows the percentage of the total individuals living a street based lifestyle made up by women and 18-25 year olds. The figures are volatile but it can be said that the proportion of those living a street based lifestyle that are women have altered significantly over the 25 month period, with those that are women increasing from around 8% to ~ 15% and those who are aged 18-25 decreasing from ~18% to ~13%. The 25 month time period is not long enough to identify significant trends in the make-up of the street based population however. 8

Rough Sleeping A sample of 20 days spanning October-November 2015 returned an average of 95% of those being supported by the Cardiff RSIT as having slept rough the night before. Data shown in Table 2. From this we can say that the figures contained in this report are a close indicator of trends in rough sleeping in Cardiff as well as trends in the street based population. Data Table 1: Individuals Supported & Specific Groups Month Men Women No Gender Recorded Total 18/25 Year Old 16/17 year Old Oct-13 69 13 0 82 15 0 Nov-13 66 7 0 73 14 0 Dec-13 53 2 1 56 12 0 Jan-14 51 3 0 54 6 0 Feb-14 57 2 0 59 8 0 Mar-14 42 5 0 47 10 0 Apr-14 73 13 1 87 15 0 May-14 63 3 3 69 9 0 Jun-14 82 14 0 96 10 0 Jul-14 76 9 0 85 11 0 Aug-14 67 4 0 71 15 0 Sep-14 80 5 0 85 14 0 Oct-14 87 11 0 98 16 1 Nov-14 73 10 5 88 13 0 Dec-14 79 10 9 98 16 0 Jan-15 61 6 6 73 11 0 Feb-15 52 10 7 69 11 0 Mar-15 79 13 3 95 14 0 Apr-15 119 21 2 142 16 0 May-15 114 17 2 133 18 0 Jun-15 114 21 3 138 13 0 Jul-15 106 30 12 148 19 0 Aug-15 138 21 7 166 20 0 Sep-15 110 18 3 131 21 0 Oct-15 133 31 45 209 33 0 9

Table 2: Sample of 20 days and the proportion of those supported who slept rough Cardiff RSIT Day Total Number of Contacts Number of Rough Sleepers % RS 17/10/2015 25 23 92.0 18/10/2015 26 26 100.0 19/10/2015 25 22 88.0 20/10/2015 35 34 97.1 22/10/2015 30 25 83.3 23/10/2015 30 30 100.0 24/10/2015 30 30 100.0 25/10/2015 35 33 94.3 27/10/2015 29 28 96.6 26/10/2015 27 26 96.3 29/10/2015 36 36 100.0 30/10/2015 33 32 97.0 31/10/2015 33 33 100.0 01/11/2015 27 27 100.0 02/11/2015 26 25 96.2 04/11/2015 34 34 100.0 07/11/2015 27 25 92.6 09/11/2015 31 28 90.3 10/11/2015 32 31 96.9 06/11/2015 30 24 80.0 Mean: 95.0 10

Pages 11-19 display the number of people supported by the Cardiff RSIT for each day between 1/10/2013 and 31/10/2015. Where N/A is reported, the RSIT did not operate on this day. October 2013 01/10/2013 13 02/10/2013 11 03/10/2013 13 04/10/2013 6 05/10/2013 10 06/10/2013 6 07/10/2013 13 08/10/2013 15 09/10/2013 17 10/10/2013 12 11/10/2013 12 12/10/2013 8 13/10/2013 10 14/10/2013 15 15/10/2013 18 16/10/2013 N/A 17/10/2013 15 18/10/2013 16 19/10/2013 9 20/10/2013 16 21/10/2013 13 22/10/2013 11 23/10/2013 15 24/10/2013 11 25/10/2013 7 26/10/2013 13 27/10/2013 10 28/10/2013 17 29/10/2013 16 30/10/2013 14 31/10/2013 N/A November 2013 01/11/2013 15 02/11/2013 13 03/11/2013 5 04/11/2013 18 05/11/2013 6 06/11/2013 17 07/11/2013 22 08/11/2013 18 09/11/2013 14 10/11/2013 5 11/11/2013 7 12/11/2013 13 13/11/2013 13 14/11/2013 11 15/11/2013 12 16/11/2013 N/A 17/11/2013 8 18/11/2013 10 19/11/2013 11 20/11/2013 16 21/11/2013 N/A 22/11/2013 12 23/11/2013 9 24/11/2013 12 25/11/2013 12 26/11/2013 12 27/11/2013 20 28/11/2013 11 29/11/2013 7 30/11/2013 10 December 2013 01/12/2013 7 02/12/2013 12 03/12/2013 7 04/12/2013 9 05/12/2013 N/A 06/12/2013 8 07/12/2013 N/A 08/12/2013 13 09/12/2013 11 10/12/2013 13 11/12/2013 10 12/12/2013 N/A 13/12/2013 14 14/12/2013 11 15/12/2013 10 16/12/2013 11 17/12/2013 12 18/12/2013 12 19/12/2013 10 20/12/2013 8 21/12/2013 9 22/12/2013 6 23/12/2013 11 24/12/2013 10 25/12/2013 11 26/12/2013 9 27/12/2013 7 28/12/2013 N/A 29/12/2013 5 30/12/2013 10 31/12/2013 7 11

January 2013 01/01/2014 5 02/01/2014 7 03/01/2014 6 04/01/2014 6 05/01/2014 5 06/01/2014 10 07/01/2014 14 08/01/2014 8 09/01/2014 8 10/01/2014 8 11/01/2014 7 12/01/2014 10 13/01/2014 10 14/01/2014 8 15/01/2014 7 16/01/2014 9 17/01/2014 8 18/01/2014 6 19/01/2014 7 20/01/2014 10 21/01/2014 5 22/01/2014 7 23/01/2014 11 24/01/2014 8 25/01/2014 9 26/01/2014 4 27/01/2014 10 28/01/2014 9 29/01/2014 8 30/01/2014 10 31/01/2014 7 February 2014 01/02/2014 8 02/02/2014 3 03/02/2014 13 04/02/2014 4 05/02/2014 8 06/02/2014 13 07/02/2014 7 08/02/2014 5 09/02/2014 7 10/02/2014 12 11/02/2014 10 12/02/2014 10 13/02/2014 8 14/02/2014 10 15/02/2014 7 16/02/2014 12 17/02/2014 8 18/02/2014 N/A 19/02/2014 16 20/02/2014 6 21/02/2014 6 22/02/2014 5 23/02/2014 7 24/02/2014 8 25/02/2014 4 26/02/2014 6 27/02/2014 6 28/02/2014 3 March 2014 01/03/2014 8 02/03/2014 10 03/03/2014 7 04/03/2014 4 05/03/2014 3 06/03/2014 5 07/03/2014 3 08/03/2014 N/A 09/03/2014 9 10/03/2014 7 11/03/2014 4 12/03/2014 2 13/03/2014 8 14/03/2014 6 15/03/2014 3 16/03/2014 6 17/03/2014 7 18/03/2014 3 19/03/2014 5 20/03/2014 6 21/03/2014 N/A 22/03/2014 10 23/03/2014 11 24/03/2014 10 25/03/2014 3 26/03/2014 7 27/03/2014 8 28/03/2014 5 29/03/2014 4 30/03/2014 9 31/03/2014 9 12

April 2014 01/04/2014 10 02/04/2014 13 03/04/2014 14 04/04/2014 17 05/04/2014 N/A 06/04/2014 12 07/04/2014 10 08/04/2014 23 09/04/2014 11 10/04/2014 16 11/04/2014 18 12/04/2014 18 13/04/2014 15 14/04/2014 19 15/04/2014 11 16/04/2014 18 17/04/2014 13 18/04/2014 20 19/04/2014 15 20/04/2014 8 21/04/2014 11 22/04/2014 9 23/04/2014 18 24/04/2014 16 25/04/2014 13 26/04/2014 13 27/04/2014 13 28/04/2014 19 29/04/2014 9 30/04/2014 8 May 2014 01/05/2014 11 02/05/2014 9 03/05/2014 13 04/05/2014 15 05/05/2014 17 06/05/2014 13 07/05/2014 13 08/05/2014 10 09/05/2014 13 10/05/2014 11 11/05/2014 8 12/05/2014 10 13/05/2014 6 14/05/2014 5 15/05/2014 N/A 16/05/2014 N/A 17/05/2014 8 18/05/2014 9 19/05/2014 11 20/05/2014 4 21/05/2014 5 22/05/2014 6 23/05/2014 9 24/05/2014 1 25/05/2014 2 26/05/2014 6 27/05/2014 8 28/05/2014 12 29/05/2014 10 30/05/2014 10 31/05/2014 13 June 2014 01/06/2014 9 02/06/2014 9 03/06/2014 18 04/06/2014 17 05/06/2014 14 06/06/2014 8 07/06/2014 N/A 08/06/2014 N/A 09/06/2014 13 10/06/2014 1 11/06/2014 11 12/06/2014 18 13/06/2014 11 14/06/2014 11 15/06/2014 15 16/06/2014 19 17/06/2014 13 18/06/2014 11 19/06/2014 20 20/06/2014 9 21/06/2014 9 22/06/2014 15 23/06/2014 11 24/06/2014 10 25/06/2014 13 26/06/2014 14 27/06/2014 18 28/06/2014 7 29/06/2014 11 30/06/2014 14 13

July 2014 01/07/2014 16 02/07/2014 18 03/07/2014 14 04/07/2014 16 05/07/2014 4 06/07/2014 10 07/07/2014 18 08/07/2014 16 09/07/2014 16 10/07/2014 10 11/07/2014 17 12/07/2014 5 13/07/2014 3 14/07/2014 14 15/07/2014 17 16/07/2014 15 17/07/2014 15 18/07/2014 14 19/07/2014 10 20/07/2014 11 21/07/2014 12 22/07/2014 12 23/07/2014 14 24/07/2014 21 25/07/2014 13 26/07/2014 11 27/07/2014 1 28/07/2014 N/A 29/07/2014 17 30/07/2014 6 31/07/2014 13 August 2014 01/08/2014 12 02/08/2014 N/A 03/08/2014 15 04/08/2014 12 05/08/2014 11 06/08/2014 17 07/08/2014 16 08/08/2014 21 09/08/2014 6 10/08/2014 N/A 11/08/2014 23 12/08/2014 9 13/08/2014 11 14/08/2014 16 15/08/2014 13 16/08/2014 16 17/08/2014 16 18/08/2014 16 19/08/2014 21 20/08/2014 23 21/08/2014 14 22/08/2014 18 23/08/2014 9 24/08/2014 11 25/08/2014 10 26/08/2014 13 27/08/2014 14 28/08/2014 11 29/08/2014 8 30/08/2014 7 31/08/2014 N/A September 2014 01/09/2014 14 02/09/2014 9 03/09/2014 9 04/09/2014 5 05/09/2014 14 06/09/2014 6 07/09/2014 10 08/09/2014 17 09/09/2014 21 10/09/2014 19 11/09/2014 25 12/09/2014 20 13/09/2014 8 14/09/2014 7 15/09/2014 17 16/09/2014 20 17/09/2014 20 18/09/2014 14 19/09/2014 14 20/09/2014 13 21/09/2014 7 22/09/2014 18 23/09/2014 14 24/09/2014 20 25/09/2014 15 26/09/2014 15 27/09/2014 N/A 28/09/2014 10 29/09/2014 28 30/09/2014 18 14

October 2014 01/10/2014 22 02/10/2014 16 03/10/2014 18 04/10/2014 N/A 05/10/2014 3 06/10/2014 12 07/10/2014 18 08/10/2014 13 09/10/2014 17 10/10/2014 20 11/10/2014 N/A 12/10/2014 7 13/10/2014 24 14/10/2014 20 15/10/2014 21 16/10/2014 24 17/10/2014 20 18/10/2014 21 19/10/2014 17 20/10/2014 18 21/10/2014 8 22/10/2014 22 23/10/2014 20 24/10/2014 19 25/10/2014 11 26/10/2014 13 27/10/2014 22 28/10/2014 21 29/10/2014 23 30/10/2014 13 31/10/2014 23 November 2014 01/11/2014 11 02/11/2014 17 03/11/2014 19 04/11/2014 18 05/11/2014 N/A 06/11/2014 N/A 07/11/2014 12 08/11/2014 N/A 09/11/2014 N/A 10/11/2014 15 11/11/2014 13 12/11/2014 11 13/11/2014 16 14/11/2014 18 15/11/2014 12 16/11/2014 N/A 17/11/2014 16 18/11/2014 9 19/11/2014 13 20/11/2014 19 21/11/2014 14 22/11/2014 11 23/11/2014 14 24/11/2014 25 25/11/2014 15 26/11/2014 24 27/11/2014 23 28/11/2014 20 29/11/2014 12 30/11/2014 10 December 2014 01/12/2014 25 02/12/2014 16 03/12/2014 23 04/12/2014 15 05/12/2014 20 06/12/2014 6 07/12/2014 7 08/12/2014 20 09/12/2014 12 10/12/2014 21 11/12/2014 16 12/12/2014 11 13/12/2014 11 14/12/2014 10 15/12/2014 20 16/12/2014 10 17/12/2014 15 18/12/2014 9 19/12/2014 7 20/12/2014 N/A 21/12/2014 8 22/12/2014 12 23/12/2014 12 24/12/2014 8 25/12/2014 10 26/12/2014 6 27/12/2014 9 28/12/2014 5 29/12/2014 5 30/12/2014 7 31/12/2014 7 15

January 2015 01/01/2015 N/A 02/01/2015 6 03/01/2015 7 04/01/2015 N/A 05/01/2015 6 06/01/2015 5 07/01/2015 11 08/01/2015 6 09/01/2015 6 10/01/2015 4 11/01/2015 5 12/01/2015 12 13/01/2015 8 14/01/2015 12 15/01/2015 5 16/01/2015 11 17/01/2015 7 18/01/2015 8 19/01/2015 9 20/01/2015 10 21/01/2015 9 22/01/2015 12 23/01/2015 6 24/01/2015 5 25/01/2015 5 26/01/2015 11 27/01/2015 8 28/01/2015 9 29/01/2015 9 30/01/2015 4 31/01/2015 5 February 2015 01/02/2015 4 02/02/2015 14 03/02/2015 6 04/02/2015 9 05/02/2015 11 06/02/2015 9 07/02/2015 8 08/02/2015 8 09/02/2015 10 10/02/2015 14 11/02/2015 9 12/02/2015 9 13/02/2015 10 14/02/2015 N/A 15/02/2015 14 16/02/2015 10 17/02/2015 8 18/02/2015 8 19/02/2015 7 20/02/2015 10 21/02/2015 N/A 22/02/2015 15 23/02/2015 15 24/02/2015 7 25/02/2015 12 26/02/2015 13 27/02/2015 11 28/02/2015 9 March 2015 01/03/2015 10 02/03/2015 17 03/03/2015 12 04/03/2015 16 05/03/2015 15 06/03/2015 15 07/03/2015 8 08/03/2015 12 09/03/2015 15 10/03/2015 13 11/03/2015 8 12/03/2015 19 13/03/2015 15 14/03/2015 5 15/03/2015 15 16/03/2015 13 17/03/2015 8 18/03/2015 19 19/03/2015 15 20/03/2015 5 21/03/2015 9 22/03/2015 15 23/03/2015 23 24/03/2015 19 25/03/2015 17 26/03/2015 17 27/03/2015 14 28/03/2015 13 29/03/2015 13 30/03/2015 23 31/03/2015 N/A 16

April 2015 01/04/2015 19 02/04/2015 25 03/04/2015 18 04/04/2015 10 05/04/2015 19 06/04/2015 27 07/04/2015 18 08/04/2015 33 09/04/2015 21 10/04/2015 21 11/04/2015 N/A 12/04/2015 12 13/04/2015 27 14/04/2015 19 15/04/2015 22 16/04/2015 21 17/04/2015 24 18/04/2015 13 19/04/2015 22 20/04/2015 19 21/04/2015 14 22/04/2015 26 23/04/2015 25 24/04/2015 30 25/04/2015 17 26/04/2015 20 27/04/2015 33 28/04/2015 17 29/04/2015 26 30/04/2015 19 May 2015 01/05/2015 28 02/05/2015 23 03/05/2015 20 04/05/2015 31 05/05/2015 24 06/05/2015 28 07/05/2015 32 08/05/2015 24 09/05/2015 N/A 10/05/2015 12 11/05/2015 29 12/05/2015 14 13/05/2015 15 14/05/2015 19 15/05/2015 13 16/05/2015 18 17/05/2015 20 18/05/2015 9 19/05/2015 21 20/05/2015 29 21/05/2015 25 22/05/2015 31 23/05/2015 8 24/05/2015 22 25/05/2015 25 26/05/2015 22 27/05/2015 30 28/05/2015 21 29/05/2015 29 30/05/2015 23 31/05/2015 26 June 2015 01/06/2015 27 02/06/2015 23 03/06/2015 34 04/06/2015 30 05/06/2015 33 06/06/2015 17 07/06/2015 29 08/06/2015 24 09/06/2015 25 10/06/2015 25 11/06/2015 19 12/06/2015 25 13/06/2015 9 14/06/2015 5 15/06/2015 19 16/06/2015 28 17/06/2015 25 18/06/2015 20 19/06/2015 23 20/06/2015 22 21/06/2015 17 22/06/2015 21 23/06/2015 32 24/06/2015 27 25/06/2015 19 26/06/2015 22 27/06/2015 15 28/06/2015 21 29/06/2015 18 30/06/2015 19 17

July 2015 01/07/2015 30 02/07/2015 20 03/07/2015 18 04/07/2015 19 05/07/2015 12 06/07/2015 14 07/07/2015 22 08/07/2015 23 09/07/2015 21 10/07/2015 17 11/07/2015 N/A 12/07/2015 12 13/07/2015 32 14/07/2015 19 15/07/2015 19 16/07/2015 26 17/07/2015 20 18/07/2015 15 19/07/2015 N/A 20/07/2015 34 21/07/2015 21 22/07/2015 37 23/07/2015 19 24/07/2015 23 25/07/2015 29 26/07/2015 18 27/07/2015 29 28/07/2015 25 29/07/2015 29 30/07/2015 30 31/07/2015 30 August 2015 01/08/2015 1 02/08/2015 27 03/08/2015 32 04/08/2015 31 05/08/2015 43 06/08/2015 33 07/08/2015 14 08/08/2015 29 09/08/2015 22 10/08/2015 26 11/08/2015 26 12/08/2015 30 13/08/2015 30 14/08/2015 32 15/08/2015 18 16/08/2015 17 17/08/2015 37 18/08/2015 32 19/08/2015 39 20/08/2015 26 21/08/2015 23 22/08/2015 19 23/08/2015 20 24/08/2015 24 25/08/2015 36 26/08/2015 37 27/08/2015 30 28/08/2015 37 29/08/2015 21 30/08/2015 14 31/08/2015 28 September 2015 01/09/2015 30 02/09/2015 25 03/09/2015 27 04/09/2015 25 05/09/2015 23 06/09/2015 16 07/09/2015 17 08/09/2015 31 09/09/2015 38 10/09/2015 21 11/09/2015 21 12/09/2015 22 13/09/2015 20 14/09/2015 16 15/09/2015 17 16/09/2015 27 17/09/2015 18 18/09/2015 26 19/09/2015 17 20/09/2015 16 21/09/2015 32 22/09/2015 24 23/09/2015 20 24/09/2015 21 25/09/2015 17 26/09/2015 18 27/09/2015 20 28/09/2015 26 29/09/2015 30 30/09/2015 25 18

October 2015 01/10/2015 27 02/10/2015 30 03/10/2015 25 04/10/2015 4 05/10/2015 29 06/10/2015 23 07/10/2015 29 08/10/2015 33 09/10/2015 31 10/10/2015 17 11/10/2015 19 12/10/2015 37 13/10/2015 28 14/10/2015 32 15/10/2015 30 16/10/2015 31 17/10/2015 24 18/10/2015 24 19/10/2015 29 20/10/2015 36 21/10/2015 27 22/10/2015 31 23/10/2015 31 24/10/2015 28 25/10/2015 33 26/10/2015 25 27/10/2015 28 28/10/2015 27 29/10/2015 36 30/10/2015 31 31/10/2015 33 19

Glossary RSIT Rough Sleepers Intervention Team Rough Sleepers people sleeping, or bedded down, in the open air (such as on the streets, or in doorways, parks or bus shelters); people in buildings or other places not designed for habitation (such as barns, sheds, car parks, cars, derelict boats, stations, or 'bashes') Street Based Lifestyle People spending most of their time on the streets. This includes those who are sleeping rough, are spending time in emergency or temporary accommodation or are otherwise unsuitably housed. Individual Person Living a Street Based Lifestyle a person living a street based lifestyle who has been identified by The Wallich. Numbers of individuals living a street based lifestyle are different to daily numbers supported as an individual may be supported repeatedly by the RSIT over a period of nights. References Homelessness presentations figures used in figure 1 are available from Stats Wales at: https://statswales.wales.gov.uk/catalogue/housing/homelessness/acceptances-and-other- Decisions/decisionstaken-by-area-eligibility Background information on rough sleeper counts: http://www.crisis.org.uk/data/files/publications/homelessnessmonitorwales2015_final.pdf Further Information Please contact Will Atkinson, Policy & Research Officer, with any queries. will.atkinson@thewallich.net Appendix For information on eligibility for homelessness services see here: http://www.housingrights.info/03_1_1_housing_eligbility_law.php#welsh-regulations A household or person is deemed to be `intentionally homeless under the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 if they deliberately do or fail to do anything in consequence of which they cease to occupy accommodation which is available for their occupation and which it would have been reasonable for them to continue to occupy. For information on priority need see here: http://sheltercymru.org.uk/get-advice/homelessness/help-from-thecouncil/priority-need/ 20