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I think you're describing the distinction between chronic and transitional homelessness: https://endhomelessness.org/addressing-chronic-homelessness-research-te
by neuronexmachina 7y ago
I think you're describing the distinction between chronic and transitional homelessness: https://endhomelessness.org/addressing-chronic-homelessness-research-tells-us/ https://endhomelessness.org/addressing-chronic-homelessness-...
> We now recognize that these patterns are indicators of chronic homelessness. Far from being the norm, only about 10 to 15 percent of people who experience homelessness are chronically homeless. But this relatively small group tends to be the most visible as well as the most vulnerable.
- nostrebored 7y agoI would love to see a heat map of the chronically homeless. I'm very willing to bet that it is heavily clustered and this also goes into why people talking about homelessness often talk past each other; realizing that the problem is not "the homelessness problem" but rather geographically distinct subproblems would go a long way.
- kurthr 7y agoYes, it's like comparing Cabrini-Green to most other public housing systems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabrini%E2%80%93Green_Homes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabrini%E2%80%93Green_Homes The people living in their cars/trailers are very different from those in large camps, which are very different from those on park/bus benches. Cold/rainy weather is also a huge selector that changes the group profile. So one person's experience with the homeless is highly impacted by exactly which group you see. The large Lord of the Flies camps are mostly hidden, but may house the majority of homeless depending on where you live.