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I'm not from California but a lot of homeless people navigate to California from elsewhere. Homelessness is on the rise in general. Religious ideology creates t

by sysbin 7y ago

I'm not from California but a lot of homeless people navigate to California from elsewhere. Homelessness is on the rise in general. Religious ideology creates thinking patterns of the blame is on the victim and not from the system they reside in being unfavourable with the person's genetics & environmental upbringing.

petethepig 7y ago
> a lot of homeless people navigate to California from elsewhere That’s a common misconception. According to this study [0] 70% of people who were homeless in SF in 2019 lived in the city before they became homeless. [0] http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PIT-Report-2019-San-Francisco.pdf http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PIT-Report-201...
- sysbin 7y ago
  30% makes it a common misconception? I did find this part interesting because I can relate somewhat to it. A good portion of the population isn't getting the necessary support in their upbringing is what I get from it. Although much of the self reported data seems to suggest they just cannot afford a home. > survey data reveal that young people who identify as LGBTQ+ represent up to 40% of the approximately 550,000 unaccompanied youth and young adults experiencing homelessness in the United States. It is estimated that 12% of SanFrancisco’s population identifies as LGBTQ+; 27% of survey respondents identified as LGBTQ+. Among survey respondents identifying as LGBTQ+, 55% identified as gay, lesbian, or same-gender loving; 29% as bisexual; 13% as transgender; 3% as genderqueer/gender non-conforming; and 5% as questioning. Compared to respondents who did not identify as LGBTQ+, respondents who identified as LGBTQ+ were more likely to report having experienced domestic violence (48% compared to 27%). Respondents who identified as LGBTQ+ also reported a higher incidence of HIV or AIDS related illness (14% compared to 4%). LGBTQ+ respondents were also more likely to report first experiencing homelessness as a youth or young adult than non-LGBTQ+ survey respondents (58% and 40%, respectively).
- saltcured 7y ago
  I think this is a difficult topic to assess. The measures are subtle and hard to define clearly for surveys and for our layman discussions. What thresholds are there to define last residency? What duration or level of security must be met for migrants to become local? Does someone having an apartment or other arrangements for 1-18 months count as being a local resident prior to their homelessness? I think local natives see these immigrants differently than those who grow up here and fail to thrive. I don't think most people are imagining that SF or LA homeless are all arriving on a hobo train from the 1930s. But, I think we do see a lot of people who migrate to these regions, attempt to establish themselves, and sometimes fail. More so than there are people migrating out of the regions and then failing at their destination.
apta 7y ago
> Religious ideology creates thinking patterns of the blame is on the victim What now?

by sysbin 7y ago

petethepig 7y ago

> a lot of homeless people navigate to California from elsewhere That’s a common misconception. According to this study [0] 70% of people who were homeless in SF in 2019 lived in the city before they became homeless. [0] http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PIT-Report-2019-San-Francisco.pdf http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PIT-Report-201...

sysbin 7y ago
30% makes it a common misconception? I did find this part interesting because I can relate somewhat to it. A good portion of the population isn't getting the necessary support in their upbringing is what I get from it. Although much of the self reported data seems to suggest they just cannot afford a home. > survey data reveal that young people who identify as LGBTQ+ represent up to 40% of the approximately 550,000 unaccompanied youth and young adults experiencing homelessness in the United States. It is estimated that 12% of SanFrancisco’s population identifies as LGBTQ+; 27% of survey respondents identified as LGBTQ+. Among survey respondents identifying as LGBTQ+, 55% identified as gay, lesbian, or same-gender loving; 29% as bisexual; 13% as transgender; 3% as genderqueer/gender non-conforming; and 5% as questioning. Compared to respondents who did not identify as LGBTQ+, respondents who identified as LGBTQ+ were more likely to report having experienced domestic violence (48% compared to 27%). Respondents who identified as LGBTQ+ also reported a higher incidence of HIV or AIDS related illness (14% compared to 4%). LGBTQ+ respondents were also more likely to report first experiencing homelessness as a youth or young adult than non-LGBTQ+ survey respondents (58% and 40%, respectively).
saltcured 7y ago
I think this is a difficult topic to assess. The measures are subtle and hard to define clearly for surveys and for our layman discussions. What thresholds are there to define last residency? What duration or level of security must be met for migrants to become local? Does someone having an apartment or other arrangements for 1-18 months count as being a local resident prior to their homelessness? I think local natives see these immigrants differently than those who grow up here and fail to thrive. I don't think most people are imagining that SF or LA homeless are all arriving on a hobo train from the 1930s. But, I think we do see a lot of people who migrate to these regions, attempt to establish themselves, and sometimes fail. More so than there are people migrating out of the regions and then failing at their destination.

apta 7y ago

> Religious ideology creates thinking patterns of the blame is on the victim What now?