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| Study Reveals Real Reason Behind Surge in Homelessness, and It's Not What the Dems Tell You |
| 2025-07-31 |
| [Red State] It’s a "housing crisis." It’s because Republicans are evil and don’t care about the downtrodden. It’s because capitalism is cruel. It's because we don't throw enough money at the problem. We’re talking about the homelessness crisis, and the Democrats who are in charge of many of the cities hardest hit by the devastation will blame almost anything other than their own failed policies. But according to a study from researchers at the University of Chicago and Dartmouth College—not exactly institutions known as conservative bastions—there’s another reason behind the startling rise in the homeless population, and it’s not what Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker and the mainstream media are telling you. The study was released in April, but I can’t remember CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, or any other liberal outlet talking about it. The paper, titled simply, "Asylum Seekers and the Rise in Homelessness," is getting renewed attention, and the abstract pretty much tells you everything you need to know: Data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) indicate an unprecedented 43 percent increase in the number of people residing in homeless shelters in the United States between 2022 and 2024, reversing the gradual decline over the preceding sixteen years. Three quarters of this rise was concentrated in four localities – New York City, Chicago, Massachusetts, and Denver – where large inflows of new immigrants seeking asylum were housed in emergency shelters. Using direct estimates from local government sources and indirect methods based on demographic changes, we estimate that asylum seekers accounted for about 60 percent of the two year rise in sheltered homelessness during this period, challenging media and policy narratives that primarily attribute this rise to local economic conditions and housing affordability. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 I suspect far more stop on od rather than rehab. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-07-31 15:41 |
| #4 I have bona fides in the rehab department and will tell you that if the person is not ready, it is pointless. If the choice is jail or rehab. Majority will choose rehab. But they are gonna relapse and not stay clean. Are you prepared to lock up 98% of who make this choice. And then we have the jail part. Jail is not wholesome and when you are processed, they check if you are an alcoholic or addict and give you a pill regime to manage your addiction. For Benzo they give you benzodiazepines, and heroin they give you methadone. For alcohol, there's a withdraw pill too. And if you tell them you are addicted to all three, the pill combo they give you will leave you drooling on yourself the entire time you are in the clink. Sounds good on paper, but IRL --- not so much gets solved. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2025-07-31 13:14 |
| #3 Rehab is a worthwhile benefit for drug addicted homeless. Outrageous benefits for the homeless attract more homeless folks and discourages the addicts from rehab. There needs to be support for folks who have had a bad turn or have mental health issues, but those programs need to include drug testing to ensure that the addicts end up with the choice of jail or rehab. All benefits for aliens should be short term and include ICE notification. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2025-07-31 12:17 |
| #2 Portland spent $724,000,000 on homelessness in 2024 with no visible effect. There's no reason to think that doubling that amount would solve the problem. |
| Posted by: Matt 2025-07-31 12:06 |
| #1 Couldn't be because they flooded low income housing with immigrants, could it? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-07-31 11:39 |