Re:New Yorkers consider relocating post coronavirus
by ahelwer on Monday April 20, 2020 @05:13PM
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Yes, all effective socialized housing programs which serve the homeless have integrated mental health services. It's impossible for such treatment to be effective if people don't have a home. To restate: without housing & mental health support, many homeless people will never regain capacity. Again, I don't know what your point is. You might be interested to learn this media focus on the prevalence of addiction in homeless populations is commonly used along with an outdated model of addiction-as-moral-failure to portray people experiencing homelessness as unworthy of support, fit only to die.
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Re:New Yorkers consider relocating post coronavirus
by WalterBright on Monday April 20, 2020 @06:47PM
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I infer you do understand that addiction is a proximate cause of homelessness, not rising house prices. So I've made my point.
Re:New Yorkers consider relocating post coronavirus
by ahelwer on Monday April 20, 2020 @07:17PM
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Only 35% of people experiencing homelessness struggle with addiction[0], so no I don't think you have. But sure, grant your premise - it's the combination! If house prices go up then people who were struggling to make rent at the lower level won't make it at the higher level, thus becoming homeless. There are many, many people with addictions who are financially functional to a point, but rising rents can finally kick them on to the streets where things get much worse. Boiling things down to a single cause like "oh it's addiction" isn't useful.
[0] https://sunrisehouse.com/addiction-demographics/homeless-pop...
Re:New Yorkers consider relocating post coronavirus
by WalterBright on Monday April 20, 2020 @08:47PM
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In Seattle it's much higher.
Keep in mind that if you just ask people if they're on drugs, many will deny it. Many will cite other reasons for being homeless. You have to dig a little deeper to find that those "other reasons" are often a consequence of drug abuse.
35%, while very likely an undercount, is still a huge number.