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It would be great to understand why the Bay Area is seeing this increase. I haven't seen any studies that attempt to quantify this viz. the effects of local cos

It would be great to understand why the Bay Area is seeing this increase. I haven't seen any studies that attempt to quantify this viz. the effects of local cost of housing increases vs arrivals from elsewhere vs mental health system failures vs ? It strikes me that understanding the root cause-through interviews etc-would be an important input to a policy response.

shawndrost 7y ago
SF does a homeless census every 2 years. It answers many of the questions you might have. Eg in the 2017 census: * 69% were from SF and 21% from elsewhere in CA (10% out of state) * 39% reported psychiatric or emotional conditions http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-SF-Point-in-Time-Count-General-FINAL-6.21.17.pdf http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-SF-Poin...
sfkdjf9j3j 7y ago
Where have you looked? I followed the citations on the wikipedia page about homelessness in the Bay Area and found this in about 30 seconds: https://www.spur.org/publications/urbanist-article/2017-10-23/homelessness-bay-area https://www.spur.org/publications/urbanist-article/2017-10-2...
deathanatos 7y ago
> vs arrivals from elsewhere This particular attribute (what was the person's place of residence at time of homelessness) is answered by the study. (Called the PIT Count or Point-In-Time count). As the article notes, the study that the article is referencing is not released yet, so we can't see the stats for this particular iteration of the study. However, in the previous study[1] (2017, these are done every two years), 69% of respondents were from SF, and another 21% from some other county in CA. [1] The results of previous studies: http://hsh.sfgov.org/research-reports/san-francisco-homeless-point-in-time-count-reports/ http://hsh.sfgov.org/research-reports/san-francisco-homeless... ; I presume the new one will be posted there once it is released. The article says that will be in July

shawndrost 7y ago

SF does a homeless census every 2 years. It answers many of the questions you might have. Eg in the 2017 census: * 69% were from SF and 21% from elsewhere in CA (10% out of state) * 39% reported psychiatric or emotional conditions http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-SF-Point-in-Time-Count-General-FINAL-6.21.17.pdf http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2017-SF-Poin...

sfkdjf9j3j 7y ago

Where have you looked? I followed the citations on the wikipedia page about homelessness in the Bay Area and found this in about 30 seconds: https://www.spur.org/publications/urbanist-article/2017-10-23/homelessness-bay-area https://www.spur.org/publications/urbanist-article/2017-10-2...

deathanatos 7y ago

> vs arrivals from elsewhere This particular attribute (what was the person's place of residence at time of homelessness) is answered by the study. (Called the PIT Count or Point-In-Time count). As the article notes, the study that the article is referencing is not released yet, so we can't see the stats for this particular iteration of the study. However, in the previous study[1] (2017, these are done every two years), 69% of respondents were from SF, and another 21% from some other county in CA. [1] The results of previous studies: http://hsh.sfgov.org/research-reports/san-francisco-homeless-point-in-time-count-reports/ http://hsh.sfgov.org/research-reports/san-francisco-homeless... ; I presume the new one will be posted there once it is released. The article says that will be in July