Beyond the typical statistical manipulation of homelessness trends and the differing methods of data collection from state-state, city-city, etc I figured I would share a thought I had, before I discovered this place. Also, I say “housing insecurity” because a nursing home/assisted-living technically isn’t considered “homeless”. Wording, I suppose.
I did maintenance at a few nursing homes. A lot of these nursing homes would have quite a few people with disabilities that had their entire support structure abandoned. A sort of “last-stop” for those who didn’t want to help or continue helping their children, family, friends, etc. Some of these people were actually relatively functional…just had nowhere to go and obviously unable to navigate the world by themselves.
In a facility of 120, there were at least 12 I remember at a single time. Shit really took me for a whirl because really; how common is this shit specifically? Three years I worked there and during COVID it only got worse.
Rant over.
Well youve also got to take into account how many people live with room mates, or family and would end up homeless if they couldnt do so. Its common in larger cities to have 5+ roommates sometimes. Nothing wrong with living with others but if someone cant afford the smallest cheapest studio apartment in their area by themself thats housing insecure imo.