Homelessness and blue states

[rusty]

California, Oregon, New York, and the cities within them receive significant attention regarding reporting on the homelessness crisis. But these blue states aren’t the only places with many residents experiencing homelessness. Here’s a list of the top 15 states with the highest number of unhoused people:

California: 161,548
New York: 91,271
Florida: 27,487
Texas: 27,229
Washington: 22,923
Massachusetts: 17,975
Oregon: 14,655
Pennsylvania: 13,375
Arizona: 10,979
Ohio: 10,655
Illinois: 10,431
Georgia: 10,234
Colorado: 9,846
New Jersey: 9,662
North Carolina: 9,280

https://palletshelter.com/blog/debunking-myths-homelessness-is-a-blue-state-problem/

[Sangersteve]

Not sure what your point is here

11 of your 15 are democrat run

Without going really deep into the mayors of the cities with the most homeless I'll bet the numbers are even higher in dem run cities.

Not to mention that being homeless is not a political issue, homeless seem to migrate to places where it's easier to be homeless.

Democratic policies appear to make it easier.

California: 161,548 DEM governor
New York: 91,271 DEM governor
Florida: 27,487 REP governor
Texas: 27,229 REP governor
Washington: 22,923 DEM governor
Massachusetts: 17,975 DEM governor
Oregon: 14,655 DEM governor
Pennsylvania: 13,375 DEM governor
Arizona: 10,979 DEM governor
Ohio: 10,655 REP governor
Illinois: 10,431 DEM governor
Georgia: 10,234 REP governor
Colorado: 9,846 DEM governor
New Jersey: 9,662 DEM governor
North Carolina: 9,280 DEM governor

[Kiamichi]

In fact that table fully confirms that, factoring for population, homelessness is overwhelmingly a blue state phenomenon. California has a per capita rate about four times that of Texas, the second most populous state, and the disparity with regards to Florida, the third most populous, is almost as high.

Massachusetts and Oregon, which are not even among the fifteen most populous states,
rank sixth and seventh for homeless people. Washington has the fifth highest number of homeless people but only ranks thirteenth in population. The per capita homeless rate in all these states is several times higher than in Florida or Texas.

Your table definitely shows that there are proportionately fewer homeless people in Southern, Republican and Rust Belt Democrat states than elsewhere in the country.

[Kiamichi]

HUD's 2020 report to Congress on homelessness, (beginning on page 10):

https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/de ... Part-1.pdf

On a Single Night in January 2020
• More than half of all people experiencing
homelessness in the country were in four
states: California (28% or 161,548 people); New
York (16% or 91,271 people); Florida (5% or
27,487 people); and Texas (5% or 27,229).
• California accounted for more than half of
all unsheltered people in the country (51% or
113,660 people). This is nearly nine times the
number of unsheltered people in the state with
the next highest number, Texas. In the 2020
point-in-time count, Texas reported 13,212
people or just six percent of the national total of
people in unsheltered locations.
• New York and Hawaii had the highest rates of
homelessness, at 47 and 46 people for every
10,000 people in the state. California and
Oregon also had very high rates, with 41 and
35 people per 10,000. While Florida and Texas
contributed large numbers of homeless people
to the national estimates, they had rates of
homelessness lower than the national average
of 18 people per 10,000 (13 for every 10,000
people in Florida and 9 for every 10,000 people
in Texas).
•

[rusty]

Not sure what your point is here

11 of your 15 are democrat run

Without going really deep into the mayors of the cities with the most homeless I'll bet the numbers are even higher in dem run cities.

Not to mention that being homeless is not a political issue, homeless seem to migrate to places where it's easier to be homeless.

Democratic policies appear to make it easier.

California: 161,548 DEM governor
New York: 91,271 DEM governor
Florida: 27,487 REP governor
Texas: 27,229 REP governor
Washington: 22,923 DEM governor
Massachusetts: 17,975 DEM governor
Oregon: 14,655 DEM governor
Pennsylvania: 13,375 DEM governor
Arizona: 10,979 DEM governor
Ohio: 10,655 REP governor
Illinois: 10,431 DEM governor
Georgia: 10,234 REP governor
Colorado: 9,846 DEM governor
New Jersey: 9,662 DEM governor
North Carolina: 9,280 DEM governor

It’s not my point, it’s the point of the article. That homelessness is everywhere. That’s why I posted the link to the article. I thought it was interesting.

[Sangersteve]

It’s not my point, it’s the point of the article. That homelessness is everywhere. That’s why I posted the link to the article. I thought it was interesting.

Well thank you for steering me to an article that points an obvious fact that red states have a larger problem with homelessness.

[planosteve]

It seems to me that a major goal of the current regime is to force housing prices higher and higher so that more and more people are dependent on the govt. to get their basic needs met. They do this by creating trillions of dollars worth of fiat money out of thin air to spend on wars and other kinds of nonsense to drive inflation through the roof.

[jellowrestling]

It’s not my point, it’s the point of the article. That homelessness is everywhere. That’s why I posted the link to the article. I thought it was interesting.

Well thank you for steering me to an article that points an obvious fact that blue states have a larger problem with homelessness.

California and New York have just under 60 million people combined. Texas and Florida have just over 52 million. California and New York have roughly five times as many homeless people as Texas and Florida.

BLUE FAIL.

[rusty]

It’s not my point, it’s the point of the article. That homelessness is everywhere. That’s why I posted the link to the article. I thought it was interesting.

Well thank you for steering me to an article that points an obvious fact that red states have a larger problem with homelessness.

I know you’re being sarcastic, but that wasn’t the point of the article as you well know.

[planosteve]

High inflation always ends badly in a "great deflation" otherwise known as a depression. And I think it's right around the corner.
The housing market here is "locked", nothing is selling. My nephew is an appraiser. His business has virtually disappeared. He's doing short term work for the govt. south of Denver. When that ends ? Who knows!