Re:Boise is why L.A. can’t legally clear its streets of home...
by ummonk on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:31PM
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Nearly all homeless are adult men.
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Re:Boise is why L.A. can’t legally clear its streets of home...
by aidenn0 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:40PM
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39% of homeless are female
20% of all homeless are under 18
Source: https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2018-AHAR-P... Page 11.
Re:Boise is why L.A. can’t legally clear its streets of home...
by jlmorton on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:38PM
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Not true. In San Francisco, 35% of homeless residents in the last point-in-time count identified as female, and another six percent identified as another non-male gender.
Re:Boise is why L.A. can’t legally clear its streets of home...
by sieabahlpark on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:40PM
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Some would say 75% is the majority.
Re:Boise is why L.A. can’t legally clear its streets of home...
by aidenn0 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:41PM
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Few would say 65% is "Nearly all"
Re:Boise is why L.A. can’t legally clear its streets of home...
by sieabahlpark on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:40PM
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65%, unable to edit my comment for some reason.
Re:Boise is why L.A. can’t legally clear its streets of home...
by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:48PM
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That isn’t true. First, you have to distinguish between the visible and invisible homeless. Homeless women who aren’t mentally ill or heavily into drugs are very likely to get access to a shelter at least, so you wouldn’t notice them (the same is true for men as well, just less so). And then you have mentally ill or heavily drug addicted women, you notice these in LA also. It isn’t clear to me why there are more men in this category than women, but perhaps they get more family or social support as well.