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In reply to the discussion: Staggering homeless count stuns LA officials. [View all]kcr
(15,320 posts)Here are some articles with studies showing the link between rising homelessness and the growing lack of affordable housing:
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-cities/the-economics-of-homelessness-in-seattle-and-king-county
https://www.fastcompany.com/40504605/americas-affordable-housing-crisis-is-driving-its-homelessness-crisis
https://nationalhomeless.org/issues/housing/
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/12/14/18131047/homelessness-rent-burden-study
These address your outdated notions of who homeless people are. More and more are have jobs. They simply don't pay enough to afford a home.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2019/03/22/feature/homeless-living-in-a-tent-blocks-from-the-u-s-capitol-and-working-full-time/?utm_term=.e1123251ecf0
https://www.timesgazette.com/news/33046/the-changing-face-of-the-homeless
https://parade.com/643064/beckyhughes/working-homeless-population-grows-in-cities-across-the-u-s/
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/23/shelter-warns-of-leap-in-working-homeless-as-families-struggle