Life chances in Britain by housing wealth and for the homeless and vulnerably housed

In this paper new findings on the average Life expectancy of the population of Britain are reported according to housing wealth. In addition, estimate s of mortality rates for rough sleepers, hostel residents, and bed and brea kfast residents are presented. The results indicate that the death rates of bed and breakfast residents are four to five times those of the housed pop ulation, death rates for hostel residents are seven times greater, and deat h rates for rough sleepers are 25 times greater than those of the housed po pulation. At the extremes, people living in the most salubrious housing in Britain (holding over pound 100 000 of equity in their properties) can expe ct to live, on average, more than twice as long as those sleeping rough on the streets.