hanimmal
Well-Known Member
Thank you for this, ill read through the rest of it, seem like a good study."Contrary to the popular narrative of homeless people moving to California, the study found that nine out of 10 people experiencing homelessness in California are residents of the state. Four out of five people reported being homeless in the same county they previously had housing in."
src: www.courthousenews.com/study-finds-most-of-californias-homeless-are-locals/
Here is the part I would like to see updated:
Last housing is the part that I think needs a more longitudinal look at. Where were they living before that, how many 'steps' did it take for them to become homeless, did they experience it as a kid, and at all stages map out their movements across the nation that has led to them being in that state/region/etc.
Ill have to keep reading to see if say someone goes and 'lives' with a friend because they fell on hard times/left a bad situation, if that counts as last time they were 'housed', but if that is the case, this is not really answering the deeper question of the movements of people and how they came to be in Cali.
Also I will be interested if they mention the timeframe people were homeless prior to them answering the questions. I would guess that longer term homeless people tend to be a little underrepresented because of just any of the possible things they are/have been dealing with throughout their lives making it hard to get much out of them.
It is interesting though thank you for the link.