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The highest estimate I can find is 1.5 million homeless in the United States, those who use some shelter during a year. The total number of chronic homeless see
by joshe 8y ago
The highest estimate I can find is 1.5 million homeless in the United States, those who use some shelter during a year. The total number of chronic homeless seems to be 150,000 in the US. [1]
The bay area has a population of 7 million people. Just as a thought experiment, we could easily double that population by moving to SF Mission style density in more parts of the bay area. That is 3-4 story wood frame houses with first floor retail and parks. This would house all of America's homeless, and another 5 million people as well.
The physical/engineering/resources part of housing aren't the constraint.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States#Total_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_Sta...
- alexandercrohde 8y agoIn SF the homeless problem that I perceived was individuals living on the main street, sleeping on boxes, smelling of alcohol, only partially dressed, walking through traffic, screaming randomly (schizophrenia?), or setting up tents in Soma. I have no doubt these problem-individuals are absolutely unemployable. I'm not sure how building more million-dollar houses relates to fixing the homelessness problem. Is somebody debating giving million-dollar houses to the homeless?
- hcknwscommenter 8y agoMark Leno, London Breed, Jane Kim, and Angela Alioto each propose an approach to "homelessness" and an approach to "insane rents/house prices." They are separate issues. No one of any consequence is debating giving million-dollar houses to the homeless.