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It's the other way around. They've lost their jobs and their homes -- and their friends -- and their families, because of drugs.
by Exoristos 3y ago
It's the other way around. They've lost their jobs and their homes -- and their friends -- and their families, because of drugs.
- knowledge-clay 3y agoDrugs did not cause rents in Seattle to triple over the last 15 years
- icholy 3y agoIt goes both ways.
- six_four_eight 3y agoUndoubtedly that can be the cause in some cases, but there are counterexamples. Like West Virginia which has a bad opioid addiction problem yet relatively low homeless rate. What does appear highly correlated is homeless rates vs. cost of housing to income ratios. Find a city with a real estate bubble, and you'll likely find a large tent city too.