Manx charity Kemmyrk has handled 512 cases of homelessness in the Isle of Man since May 2009.
That figure comes as a UK study shows homeless people live for 30 years less than the national average.
Reverand Cyril Rogers of Kemmyrk says just because we don't see people sleeping on the streets in the Isle of Man doesn't mean there isn't a problem:
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