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The US is actually special that quite a fraction of the homeless population isn't homeless because of substance abuse or mental illness but because of actual po
by bayesian_horse 4y ago
The US is actually special that quite a fraction of the homeless population isn't homeless because of substance abuse or mental illness but because of actual poverty. That rarely happens in western Europe, for example.
- WarOnPrivacy 4y agoAs someone with lots of ties to homelessness, I've long observed how it had been an all of the above situation. Typically the two sliders of mental illness(inc drug addiction) & poverty keep getting nudged up until a tipping point is reached. In the last two years however, new homeless entries are dominated by folks who suddenly got their poverty slider slammed hard. This includes renters with savings who had their home sold. They quickly found themselves in a bidding war for what few rentals were available.