Seattle ranks 18th in terms of population (755, 078) within the US, but it has the 3rd biggest homeless population (16,385). Chicago ranks 3rd in terms of US population (2,664,452), but ranks 13th in terms…
Posts tagged Causes of Homelessness
Homelessness – Part 3: Myths about the homeless
Myth 1: Most homeless people are mentally ill It is estimated that about 30% of the homeless population in Seattle suffers from a serious mental illness. I have encountered many homeless people that are seriously…
Homelessness – Part 2: Why is it a problem now, when things were fine in the 1970s?
I know that there have always been homeless people, but I don’t remember seeing any when I was growing up in Seattle during the 1970s. In fact, Google AI says that homelessness was such a…