What do we know about homelessness deaths in Australia – and why is nobody tracking them?

Researchers have described Australia’s failure to track homelessness deaths as a ‘shocking failure’. Illustration: Victoria Hart/Guardian Design

The deaths of Australia’s rough sleepers are largely invisible.

We don’t know how many are dying on a national scale, how they are dying or how many deaths can be attributed to systemic failings in housing, health and the justice sector.