Re: California has the largest homeless population in the nation.

[Harris Slut]

On 30 Dec 2023, Jonathan Harold Esmond Vere Harmsworth
<patr...@protonmail.com> posted some
news:umpnjn$1c1ic$1...@dont-email.me:

> Gavin Newsom, $68 billion dollar deficit because of his fucked up
> COVID policies.

Housing & Homelessness
Be Part of Positive Change for California

The Problem
California has the largest homeless population in the nation. We build
only a fraction of the affordable housing residents need. And the COVID-19
pandemic's economic impact is likely to worsen the problem.

Californians make up 12% of the total U.S. population but

28%
of its homeless population
and
51%
of its unsheltered homeless.

Local governments have issued permits to build less than one-fifth of the
housing low-income Californians need.

The Consequences
The lack of access to affordable housing affects quality of life,
education, and health for Californians.

1.6 MILLION renter households spend more than half their income on
housing. California ranks WORST in the nation in renter overcrowding.

Youth experiencing homelessness are TWICE AS LIKELY as their classmates
to:

Be suspended.
Be chronically absent.
Drop out.
Not graduate.

High housing costs can lead to frequent moves or force families to live in
UNHEALTHY SUBSTANDARD housing. Homeless individuals experience chronic
pain, high rates of premature mortality, and higher risk of communicable
disease.

The Causes
Through multiple reports, we found Californians struggle to access and
maintain housing because:

State leaders have not coordinated resources and strategies across the
many different agencies fighting homelessness and the lack of affordable
housing.

The State has not required local entities to reduce barriers to affordable
housing and follow best practices to end homelessness.

The State has not tracked funding and outcomes for homeless and housing
programs so that it can target billions of dollars annually to programs
that best meet the greatest needs.

The Solutions
The Legislature CAN ACT to better shelter and house all Californians.
Specifically, we recommend changes to:

COORDINATE
agencies' efforts by regularly updating state homeless and housing plans.

INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY
by strengthening state requirements for and oversight of local entities'
homeless and housing efforts.

TRACK FUNDS & OUTCOMES
to inform decisions on homeless and housing programs and policy.

https://www.auditor.ca.gov/issues/briefs/housing-and-homelessness