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Actually most homeless people can be helped. The chronically homeless only make up about 15% of the homeless population. The vast majority of homeless people a
by quinnchr 10y ago
Actually most homeless people can be helped. The chronically homeless only make up about 15% of the homeless population.
The vast majority of homeless people are homeless for months not years, and the many programs to aid them in finding housing and preventing homelessness in the first place have a significant measurable effect on the average number of homeless shelter entries and length of stay.
- bpodgursky 10y agoThis may be true nationally, but it is not true in SF.
- quinnchr 10y agoNope, it's still true. From: http://sfgov.org/lhcb/sites/sfgov.org.lhcb/files/2015%20San%20Francisco%20Homeless%20Count%20%20Report.pdf http://sfgov.org/lhcb/sites/sfgov.org.lhcb/files/2015%20San%... The number of chronically homeless individuals and families in San Francisco continues to decline. In 2015, 25% of survey respondents were chronically homeless, compared to 31% in 2013. Based on Point-in-Time Count data, it was estimated there were 1,745 chronically homeless individuals and 18 chronically homeless families living in San Francisco on January 29, 2015.
- Devthrowaway80 10y agoDon't bring facts into this!
- 1024core 10y agoI went through that survey too. But self-reported surveys run a huge risk of bias. The respondents sometimes say what they think you want them to say.