As a California-based homelessness researcher and physician, I know we’re misdiagnosing the problem.
A tent is decorated with a sign that reads,"Home is where the Heart is," at the Urban Alchemy homeless site, along South Central Avenue, in Los Angeles, California, on August 14, 2023., which ruled that cities cannot enforce anti-camping bans if they don’t have sufficient shelter beds, for undermining efforts to end homelessness.
Rather, California’s crisis is due to the exorbitant cost of housing and the extreme shortage of housing available for the lowest-income households.in 2022 found the rate of homelessness in a community varies with the costs of and availability of rental housing. The team selected potential participants from those with the most complex problems and approached them when they used emergency services or were leaving jail. Of the 426 individuals that researchers approached, only two individuals declined eligibility screening and one declined the offer. Everyone else accepted.
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