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> Third, homelessness is on the rise nationwide. That's incorrect according to "The 2016 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress" at https://www.h

• Mz 9y ago
  Thank you for the source. I will look at it some more when I have time. But on initial skim, it is a count for a single night in January from which they extrapolate for the whole year. Furthermore, it outright states that actual unsheltered people has risen by 2%. What has gone down is people in the shelter system. I have been seeing a lot of articles about the rise in evictions, among other things, and I left downtown San Diego when I did in part because homeless services were suffering distress and were less and less useful to me because they were overwhelmed. But I will dig into this and see if I can come up with a more nuanced and accurate means to convey my point. We have a very serious housing crisis on our hands. People who are homeless per se are merely the tip of the iceberg.