Economy-Housing Sector Effects

Why America Can’t Solve Homelessness

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As the economy has come out of the Great Recession, America’s unhoused population has exploded almost exclusively in its richest and fastest-growing cities. Between 2012 and 2018, the number of people living on the streets declined by 11 percent nationwide — and surged by 26 percent in Seattle, 47 percent in New York City and 75 percent in Los Angeles. Even smaller cities, like Reno and Boise, have seen spikes in homelessness perfectly coincide with booming tech sectors and falling unemployment.  

Why it's so hard to break the cycle of homelssness

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Interview-In Cincinnati, city government has been working diligently to move a downtown homeless camp while avoiding the underlying problem of homelessness. I met Christine Richardson when I saw a post she’d written about how much was involved in helping someone without a place to live get back on their feet. It was telling how difficult it could be to do something even as simple as getting an official ID that would be accepted by employers.