That article about Minneapolis unused beds is from 2020. You cannot be serious with citations like that. Please find a current one, admit the year in the article, or drop the reference.
I'm curious about wealthy places having higher homeless populations. The obvious component is housing costs and I don't doubt that's the major factor, but what about affluent excess being an enabling factor? That is, does the presence of extra resources beyond what is necessary for survival and modern living essentially leak into the environment in rich places making it possible to live off the excess?
That article about Minneapolis unused beds is from 2020. You cannot be serious with citations like that. Please find a current one, admit the year in the article, or drop the reference.
Thank you for writing this. I can imagine coming back to it over the next few years.
I'm curious about wealthy places having higher homeless populations. The obvious component is housing costs and I don't doubt that's the major factor, but what about affluent excess being an enabling factor? That is, does the presence of extra resources beyond what is necessary for survival and modern living essentially leak into the environment in rich places making it possible to live off the excess?
Likely it is because higher incomes translate into higher demand for housing and lower vacancy rates.