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The visibly homeless are like 1/4 of the homeless population. Most homeless people live in their cars, sleep on a rotating series of friends couches, or find a
by 0xB31B1B 7y ago
The visibly homeless are like 1/4 of the homeless population. Most homeless people live in their cars, sleep on a rotating series of friends couches, or find a situation that allows them to get by, and they are homeless for less than a year. For example 10% of college students in California are homeless and for the most part they’re not crazy drug addicts.
- diogenescynic 7y ago>and they are homeless for less than a year. Right, there are different causes and durations of homelessness. I definitely realize the group you’re talking about exist, but like you acknowledge and from what I’ve read those are the temporary homeless who often either relocate or get subdivided housing. This is the group that social services are actually doing well at helping. I’m really just talking about the other group that seems to be exponentially growing in population and is a massive problem related to drug addiction that people want to avoid talking about. Worse, the laws are actively enabling their addictions. Society is just waiting for them to OD and die. I think it’s just an awful status quo that I’ve never seen in any other developed country.