Last year at this time I could only go off of the 2019 numbers of houseless people counted in the nations one night of counting of an invisible population. This year I was hoping to have 2021 numbers as the PIT is done on a night in January. However, the…
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California’s Homeless Population is growing exponentially…..
This is one of the few articles I have read recently that points to specific actions that have caused this exponential growth. Alicia states the most obvious cause of living without a permanent shelter is the rising cost of housing and the simultaneously decreasing affordable housing units available. It is in the next paragraph though that I see as a very important and often overlooked cause of homelessness.
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Point in Time Count – Flawed but Still Necessary
The Point in Time Count is flawed, it is a one by one count of homeless people either in shelters or on the streets on one specific day in January. This count is done Nationwide to get an idea how homelessness is growing across the countr
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