This says 20-25% of homeless are mentally ill. Seems about right.
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Half the rate of the homed, probably. I left 15 years ago, so it may have a more stable homed populace now.
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Re: the Seattle surge—no shock here but availability/accessibility of housing arrangements for SMI individuals correlates with their street presence, looking for associated local or state policy changes would be my first pass at an explanation
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Bought dinner for a fellow at the airport last week who had lost his job after he suffered a stroke last year.
(How do I know that's not just his line? 🤷 He felt honest, not trying-to-convince, and was indeed limping.)
Wondering about the prevalence of that sort of situation.
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