• WraithGear@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    does people having multiple homes and driving up the price of housing contribute to homelessness?

    • frongt@lemmy.zip
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      13 hours ago

      Probably less than you’re trying to imply. The biggest factors in homelessness are mental illness and drug addiction, not cost or availability of housing.

      • CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
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        13 hours ago

        Citation needed.

        You’re overestimating how much individual factors are a problem compared to structural factors.

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          3 hours ago

          I don’t have a citation because I’ve never seen data either way. Happy to change my mind if the data exists.

          • CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
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            3 hours ago

            There’s plenty of studies on this subject. And cost of housing is one of the primary factors. Substance abuse and mental health are certainly important as well.