People can struggle to escape the street because mental health problems make it harder for them to engage with homelessness services. Street outreach workers told us that sometimes they are unable to engage properly with people sleeping rough for months or years due to mental health problems.

Available evidence suggests that, across all nationalities, four out of ten people who sleep rough need support for a mental health problem. Over half of all UK nationals who sleep rough need support for a mental health problem.

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