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> As to why you need to collect this info again, homeless people don’t report income to the IRS etc. Many homeless people also do not have mail, so they never
by encryptluks2 5y ago
> As to why you need to collect this info again, homeless people don’t report income to the IRS etc.
Many homeless people also do not have mail, so they never get contacted or participate in the census. If they are in a shelter, then that shelter already has their information.
- Retric 5y agoThat’s why people go out on foot. It’s not even limited to the national census, local governments often do more frequent outreach. https://kfor.com/news/local/census-this-week-to-count-homeless-people-in-oklahoma-city/ https://kfor.com/news/local/census-this-week-to-count-homele... The point of doing it nationally is to adjust for different approaches in each region.