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https://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-breed-announces-new-homelessness-prevention-funding-city-releases-initial-homelessness https://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-breed
by bradlys 7y ago
https://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-breed-announces-new-homelessness-prevention-funding-city-releases-initial-homelessness https://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-breed-announces-new-homele...
> The increase in unsheltered people was driven largely by people living in vehicles, accounting for 68% of the increase in unsheltered people.
Seems people are using vehicles more and that looks to be the largest contributor. Me and my SO have considered such an idea because we've been open to the idea of living in tiny houses, etc. (We live in a 400sqft in-law unit now) We also know people who have lived out of them. Quite happily btw.
Things like this don't really give you an idea if it's forced or willing homelessness. Sure, maybe everyone would love a $3m home in Palo Alto (also known as "a home" in the rest of the country) but they're willing to suffer a bit to save some serious $$$ like we all do in various ways.
Anyway - would like more insight and look forward to the full report coming out whenever it does.
- roguecoder 7y agoThere's a continuum of "forced" versus "willing": raising the cost of rent beyond what someone can comfortably afford, but maybe they could manage if they didn't buy anything else and ate only beans and rice is only slightly less coercive than raising the rent beyond what they can afford at all.