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If you have no idea how prevalent mental illness is in homeless people, and also its role as the single most important contributing cause, then you are commenti
by geezerjay 8y ago
If you have no idea how prevalent mental illness is in homeless people, and also its role as the single most important contributing cause, then you are commenting from a position of ignorance. Instead of devoting effort to virtue signaling you'd do better if you educated yourself on the problem.
- fucking_tragedy 8y agoIf we go by these sources[1][2], homelessness is overwhelmingly an economic issue. That's not to say mental illness isn't a contributing factor, just that the lynchpin into homelessness stems from economic factors, like insufficient income or lack of affordable housing. [1] http://homelessresourcenetwork.org/?page_id=1086 http://homelessresourcenetwork.org/?page_id=1086 [2] https://www.nlchp.org/documents/Homeless_Stats_Fact_Sheet https://www.nlchp.org/documents/Homeless_Stats_Fact_Sheet