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Most homeless is due to mental illness. Almost always men with addiction issues. Many veterans suffering from PTSD. It's rarely the "single mother of two that l

Most homeless is due to mental illness. Almost always men with addiction issues. Many veterans suffering from PTSD. It's rarely the "single mother of two that lost her job at the plant" trope.

mattzito 4y ago
I think a better way to frame it is "most _chronically_ homeless is due to mental illness". However, most homeless people are not chronically homeless, and are homeless for <6 months. Those are the single mother of two who lost their job at the plant examples - or left an abusive relationship and is living in their car, or underemployed as a security guard and sleeping in a sheleter, etc. Unfortunately, and equally sad, many of these folks work, send their kids to school, and struggle to get themselves into a stable long-term situation.
- trynewideas 4y ago
  HUD data, for the US at least:[1] - 582,484 total homeless - 138,361 chronically homeless - 122,888 total homeless reporting severe mental illness - 48,373 total homeless victims of domestic violence - 33,129 total homeless veterans VA count of veteran homelessness was down 10% or more YoY in 2021 and 2022, and down 55% since 2010.[2] Veterans comprise about 10% of the total US population and 5.6% of the homeless population. Among veterans, PTSD was less of a risk factor than psychotic disorders, an equal factor to other mental health disorders, and mental illness in general was less of a risk factor than money mismanagement and could be mitigated by VA services, especially disability compensation.[3] 1: https://files.hudexchange.info/reports/published/CoC_PopSub_NatlTerrDC_2022.pdf https://files.hudexchange.info/reports/published/CoC_PopSub_... 2: https://www.va.gov/homeless/pit_count.asp https://www.va.gov/homeless/pit_count.asp 3: https://doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxu004 https://doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxu004
- brodouevencode 4y ago
  That's a very fair judgement. Thank you.
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Most homeless is due to mental illness. Almost always men with addiction issues. Many veterans suffering from PTSD. It's rarely the "single mother of two that lost her job at the plant" trope.

mattzito 4y ago

I think a better way to frame it is "most _chronically_ homeless is due to mental illness". However, most homeless people are not chronically homeless, and are homeless for <6 months. Those are the single mother of two who lost their job at the plant examples - or left an abusive relationship and is living in their car, or underemployed as a security guard and sleeping in a sheleter, etc. Unfortunately, and equally sad, many of these folks work, send their kids to school, and struggle to get themselves into a stable long-term situation.

trynewideas 4y ago
HUD data, for the US at least:[1] - 582,484 total homeless - 138,361 chronically homeless - 122,888 total homeless reporting severe mental illness - 48,373 total homeless victims of domestic violence - 33,129 total homeless veterans VA count of veteran homelessness was down 10% or more YoY in 2021 and 2022, and down 55% since 2010.[2] Veterans comprise about 10% of the total US population and 5.6% of the homeless population. Among veterans, PTSD was less of a risk factor than psychotic disorders, an equal factor to other mental health disorders, and mental illness in general was less of a risk factor than money mismanagement and could be mitigated by VA services, especially disability compensation.[3] 1: https://files.hudexchange.info/reports/published/CoC_PopSub_NatlTerrDC_2022.pdf https://files.hudexchange.info/reports/published/CoC_PopSub_... 2: https://www.va.gov/homeless/pit_count.asp https://www.va.gov/homeless/pit_count.asp 3: https://doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxu004 https://doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxu004
brodouevencode 4y ago
That's a very fair judgement. Thank you.

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