Something to consider for a moment...
The 2023 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count revealed a 9% year-over-year increase in homelessness in the county, and a 10% rise in the city. The data showed 75,518 people are homeless in the county, and 46,260 in the city of Los Angeles, an increase from the 69,144 in the county, and 41,980 the city from 2022.
That....that's a whole city. 46 thousand....hell 75 thousand individual people? Thats the size of some cities here in Ohio.
I thought to myself is the issue space? I mean, logistically bypassing all the combined obstacles unhoused persons face, lets say hypothetically they are given housing.
Would there be room? Could you create housing for this many people realistically or would they need to be spread out over a large area?
I don't know how many people can be housed in what was called "projects" back in the day but the apartments across the main street by me had building going back back back into the neighborhood. Multiple units per building too. Also those numbers above don't account for couples, so that number could be skewed.
How do governments seek to find answers for this long term dilemma? Its not like they aren't' getting paid to help people get housed.
How many out of those numbers are people suffering long term homelessness? How many of those people are fresh 18 year olds with no help? How many are families with growing children?
What is a helpful and permanent solution? Should we be building housing or utilizing older homes and buildings for low income residential use?
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