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It was a logically deductive assertion, although I'm sure there are studies out there. Homelessness is defined as not having a home, and all else equal, a relat
by saosebastiao 10y ago
It was a logically deductive assertion, although I'm sure there are studies out there. Homelessness is defined as not having a home, and all else equal, a relatively higher cost of having a home will result in relatively more people not having a home. The extent that other city-specific factors contribute to the problem may change absolute numbers in either direction, but relative homelessness should always be higher given higher housing costs.
- tomcam 10y agoIn absolute terms one would have to agree with your logic. But from what I understand the vast majority of homeless are drug addicts and/or mentally ill. I think (no data to back me up at the moment) that this dwarfs the number of people who become homeless literally because they are priced out of the market.