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affordability of housing as a factor

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20260709 I keep reading about complaints of needles and human turds to city government. Why don’t they develop a culture of picking it up themselves?.rtf
20260709 SF spends $31,985 per homeless person just on housing, not including General Assistance .... By contrast, New York City spends $11,662 and Los Angeles spends $5,001.rtf
20260709 Shellenberger - It was low cost, often substandard housing that made the homeless addiction problem so much worse than in other cities.rtf
20260709 Shellenberger cites national decline in homeless without mentioning (or perhaps knowing) that the transition away from transitional housing could be to blame.rtf
20260709 Shellenberger might misunderstand mental illness and drug use as causes of homelessness.rtf
20260709 The new mayor fought against the expansion of funding for single resident occupancy hotel rooms, triggering protests organized by the nonprofit housing and service provider organizations.rtf
20260709 The three books on homelessness that Shellenberger believes are best: Jencks, The Homeless. White, Rude Awakenings. Baum and Burnes, A Nation in Denial.rtf
20260709 chronically homeless: HUD defines it as those who have been homeless for a year, had four episodes of homelessness totaling twelve months in the last three years, or those who are too disabled to work.rtf