Agreed. That said, it’s worth noting that a lot of people who are homeless were residents of the area before they became unhoused. It’s often a myth that a city’s homeless population primarily consists of people looking for a more lenient city.
Take a place like California’s east bay. 80 percent of those homeless people were from the area before they became homeless.
I’d be interested in how “from the area” is defined. Given the percentage of the general population that’s originally from elsewhere, I’m pretty sure it’s not been limited to “born here.” Fair enough . But there’s a study from USC that seems to indicate a lot of homeless people who came from elsewhere initially stayed in someone else’s home before becoming homeless. Would that put them in the “from the area” group when they wind up on the street? Are we talking about years? Or months?
Separately, I’m interested in how many foster children age out of the (minimal) support system and into homelessness.
Agreed. That said, it’s worth noting that a lot of people who are homeless were residents of the area before they became unhoused. It’s often a myth that a city’s homeless population primarily consists of people looking for a more lenient city.
Take a place like California’s east bay. 80 percent of those homeless people were from the area before they became homeless.
I’d be interested in how “from the area” is defined. Given the percentage of the general population that’s originally from elsewhere, I’m pretty sure it’s not been limited to “born here.” Fair enough . But there’s a study from USC that seems to indicate a lot of homeless people who came from elsewhere initially stayed in someone else’s home before becoming homeless. Would that put them in the “from the area” group when they wind up on the street? Are we talking about years? Or months?
Separately, I’m interested in how many foster children age out of the (minimal) support system and into homelessness.