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High housing costs make people financially vulnerable. Then all it takes is illness or an unexpected bill to miss rent and get evicted. High housing costs mean
by cheriot 6y ago
High housing costs make people financially vulnerable. Then all it takes is illness or an unexpected bill to miss rent and get evicted.
High housing costs mean housing vouchers cover fewer people with its budget.
> They usually have some kind of mental problem or drug addiction, not just “they can’t afford rent”.
I suspect you're making assumptions based on the more visible homeless people you see, but if there's any data to back that up I'd love to see it.
calmatters.org does some of the best reporting on housing and homelessness topics. For example https://calmatters.org/explainers/californias-homelessness-crisis-explained/ https://calmatters.org/explainers/californias-homelessness-c...
- refurb 6y agoSFgov 2019 survey on homelessness (page 70) [1] "Do you have any of the following health conditions?" Drug or alcohol abuse - 37% Any psychiatric or emotional condition - 35% Those are the top two health conditions identified. There is obviously overlap since the total of all of the answers is >100%. [1]https://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2019HIRDReport_SanFrancisco_FinalDraft-1.pdf https://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2019HIRDRep...
- DanBC 6y agoIf the argument is how people become homeless, rather than why they stay homeless, we need to be a little bit careful with causal direction. Some people become homeless because they are mentally ill and can't maintain a tenancy. Some people develop a mental illness after becoming homeless because it's living on the street is pretty stressful.