07/10/2026
Chems*x and... homelessness?
From parties at luxury flats to rented out airbnbs, homelessness isn't easy to spot.
Sofa surfing, staying with friends or partners, temporary accommodation, hostels, unsafe housing, or being at risk of eviction... There is much more homelessness than the rough sleeping we might initially think of.
Chems*x can exacerbate things like loss of income, rent arrears, eviction or relationship breakdown.
Conversely...
If someone doesn't have a place, they may become more vulnerable to chems*x. For example, staying with people they meet through chems*x, exchanging s*x or drug use for somewhere to stay, or spending more time because it's somewhere to stay.
We need support to see the whole picture, rather than treating housing and drug use as completely separate problems.