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“This year's "counts reflect a considerable lessening of the impact the COVID-19 pandemic on shelter use," the department's report said. Pandemic-era social sa
by 2devnull 3y ago
“This year's "counts reflect a considerable lessening of the impact the COVID-19 pandemic on shelter use," the department's report said.
Pandemic-era social safety net programs expired throughout the year, such as income protections and eviction moratoria.”
Pretty terrible reporting tbh. The above seems to be the executive summary. Also worth noting it’s the highest count since 2007, which is interesting on its own. Why was 2007 so high?
- rainbowzootsuit 3y agoProbably people abandoning/evicted from their $0-down-mortgage/ balloon payment/ predatory lending houses leading up to to the 2008 financial crisis. https://www.reuters.com/article/banks-writedowns-losses-idCNL554155620091105/?rpc=44 https://www.reuters.com/article/banks-writedowns-losses-idCN...
- 2devnull 3y agoIn January of 2007? The crisis hit a bit later, if you’re thinking about foreclosures. Housing prices were still up, and the housing market was tight. It may suggest that homeless is driven by real estate speculation. In other words hot economies cause homelessness to increase, not the converse.
- rainbowzootsuit 3y agoMaybe I am misunderstanding it but I read that the survey here was taken in January 2023, and 2007 was compared to "when reporting began," which isn't specified where within 2007.
- 2devnull 3y agoI assumed the 2007 year would be the same “1 night in January” method. But it occurs to me, reading your comment that maybe they didn’t mean 2007 was the second highest count, just that the collection only goes back to 2007. Again, terrible journalism.