According to the Associated Press almost a third of homeless people live in California.
This article cited incredibly unaffordable housing.
Why isn't California able to solve it's homeless crisis?
If California was a country it would have the sixth largest GDP in the world.
They have some of the highest tax rates in the country.
And it's not a matter of not spending money... They throw mountains of money at the problem...but is it spent wisely?
Remember that one toilet public bathroom that had a pricetag of $1.7 million dollars?
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If that's the kind of monetary decisions being made to battle the homeless crisis... It's no wonder no wonder they are losing ground.
An excerpt from the article...
A ccording to the study, more than 90% of the state’s homeless residents are from California and more than 75% have lived in the same county where they were last housed. Researchers also found that 47% of all homeless adults are 50 or older.
A common misconception is that people choose to be homeless, but the report shows the cost of housing in the state has become unsustainable.
“They want to get off the streets, they want to get help, they want to get into some sort of stable housing situation, I don’t think it’s a matter of people choosing to be homeless per se but it’s because of their circumstances in life,” Wheeler said.
This article cited incredibly unaffordable housing.
Why isn't California able to solve it's homeless crisis?
If California was a country it would have the sixth largest GDP in the world.
They have some of the highest tax rates in the country.
And it's not a matter of not spending money... They throw mountains of money at the problem...but is it spent wisely?
Remember that one toilet public bathroom that had a pricetag of $1.7 million dollars?
Link
If that's the kind of monetary decisions being made to battle the homeless crisis... It's no wonder no wonder they are losing ground.
An excerpt from the article...
A ccording to the study, more than 90% of the state’s homeless residents are from California and more than 75% have lived in the same county where they were last housed. Researchers also found that 47% of all homeless adults are 50 or older.
A common misconception is that people choose to be homeless, but the report shows the cost of housing in the state has become unsustainable.
“They want to get off the streets, they want to get help, they want to get into some sort of stable housing situation, I don’t think it’s a matter of people choosing to be homeless per se but it’s because of their circumstances in life,” Wheeler said.
Study reveals details why California makes up one-third of U.S. homeless population
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – A new study reveals California makes up roughly a third of the nation’s homeless population, with roughly 171,000 individuals considered unhoused in the sta…
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