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SF homeless aid workers did not “create the problem” of increased homelessness. Skyrocketing housing costs due to tech boom did. Funding has never been enough.
by abalone 8y ago
SF homeless aid workers did not “create the problem” of increased homelessness. Skyrocketing housing costs due to tech boom did.
Funding has never been enough. SF spends only $3.8K per homeless person. Cost of keeping people housed is enormous.
- twblalock 8y agoThe SF homelessness problem has been in the news for decades. It was made worse by the tech boom, but not caused by it. Housing costs are largely the fault of the city government, which has pursued rent control and restrictive building policies. As a result of those policies, and the city’s tolerance of homeless encampments all over the place, SF has a significantly worse homelessness problem than its neighboring cities do.
- abalone 8y agoI said the increase in homelessness was caused by the tech boom. Glad we agree on that. But it’s weird how you think “tolerance” for camps causes homelessness. Last I checked SF was short on shelter beds.
- twblalock 8y ago> But it’s weird how you think “tolerance” for camps causes homelessness. Last I checked SF was short on shelter beds. All Bay Area cities are short on shelter beds. There is a reason the homelessness problem is much worse in SF than in other Bay Area cities.