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I wonder if solving the problem housing people who are in the "are homeless for six weeks or fewer; 40 percent have a job" category will result in few people be

• zdragnar 4y ago
  Most of the people in the first category don't really cross paths with the chronic population- they have friends or family who will take them in for a bit, and likely already have access to a bank account and other myriad things that the chronically homeless do not. Focusing on the episodically homeless may be a better way to prevent more becoming chronically homeless; they may not have as many of the barriers (deeply seated drug addiction, mental illness, fear of being involuntarily committed) that is more prevalent among the chronic homeless, but I imagine they are more likely to quickly burn through their social network good will than the first category.