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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

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.