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One of the problems is that homelessness is a flow problem, not a stock one. If there are X homeless people in a year, then next year something like 50% * X wil
by evancox100 3y ago
One of the problems is that homelessness is a flow problem, not a stock one. If there are X homeless people in a year, then next year something like 50% * X will be newly homeless. So you could house everybody currently homeless, but you’d be back to square one shortly.
Nevertheless, the current strategy does not seem particularly effective.
- NovemberWhiskey 3y agoRight - transient homelessness caused by unexpected and temporary loss of a living situation is the most common form. A large proportion of people in homeless shelters are employed, and will quickly leave the shelter. i.e. there's a big difference in sensible remedy for a family that's in a shelter for a few nights after fleeing domestic abuse vs. chronically unsheltered, mentally ill Most of the negative interactions people have are with the unsheltered (i.e. someone street sleeping) rather than the homeless, and it is often unclear even how cities would/should spend money to address those people - that's what Mayor Breed is really complaining about.