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20260613 Recent research demonstrates that housing costs are a major determinant of homelessness. For example, a December 2018 study by Zillow found that homelessness rises in places where rents consume.rtf
20260706 Colburn and Aldern found that the supply of affordable housing was a more accurate predictor of homelessness rates than mental illness, substance abuse, or poverty measures.rtf
20260706 Due to the availability of low-cost housing, Houston spends between $17,000 and $19,000 to house an individual for a year, while San Francisco must spend between $40,000 and $47,000 to do the same.rtf
20260706 Land-use freedom explains 38 percent of the variation in homelessness between states. Also, state housing affordability explains 34 percent of the variation in homelessness.rtf
20260706 Land-use regulations raise prices of housing.rtf
20260706 The book How to House the Homeless found that rent costs explained about 40 percent of the variation in homelessness rates.rtf
20260706 Trump's Council of Economic Advisers reported in 2019 that deregulating 11 particular housing markets would reduce homelessness in the US by 13%.rtf
20260707 A large body of academic literature confirms that higher home prices are indeed associated with higher rates of homelessness – CEA 2019.rtf
20260707 Factors increasing home prices: zoning and growth management controls, rent controls, building codes, energy and water efficiency mandates, unreasonable maximum-density allowances, historic preservation reqs MORE CEA 2019.rtf
20260718 Several people, picking up their graduation caps alongside their children, said their paths to Haven for Hope had been set in motion by an eviction.rtf
20260727 Haven – Causes of homelessness Housing affordability, Housing availability, Stagnant wages, inflation, Job loss, Eviction history, Chronic health issues, Workforce readiness, Mental health, Substance use, Justice involvement.rtf
20260730 Garcetti – homelessness is primarily a housing problem. Nearly three years later, the city has finished only 72 units, costing $690,692 apiece, a cost inflation that the city comptroller has called “utterly unacceptable.”.rtf
20260730 Look for charity organization society-era commentary, studies from other countries. Look for incentives for academics as there are in climate science todo0.rtf
20260730 Rufo - The truth is that homelessness is not primarily a housing problem but a human one.rtf
20260802 Rent divided by income fails to explain regional variation in rates of homelessness -Colburn and Aldern.rtf
20260802 Some studies Grok cited that may be worth looking at.rtf
20260804 Joe Rogan claims the problem is a drug and mental illness problem, not a housing problem. HTML-formatted.rtf
20260829 Colburn and Aldern determined that median rent and rental vacancy rates explained a large majority of regional variance in per-capita homelessness.rtf
20260829 Heston found that the “cost of living index, mainly housing”, was the “predominant factor associated with state-level homelessness rates”.rtf