Researchers tested many theories bandied about to explain why cities like San Francisco have much higher rates of homeless than others. On a macro level, the factors that distinguish cities with high rates of homeless are the cost and supply of housing.
The Fulton safe sleeping village run by Urban Alchemy near City Hall in April. To address the housing needs of the poorest members of society, the authors of a new book call for “deep investment” into affordable housing from every level of government, stronger tenant protections, and the loosening of zoning controls and other “regulatory hoops” that developers of all types of housing face today. What’s the root cause of homelessness? Theories abound.
, the solution exclusively consists of 100% affordable housing developments and other government-subsidized programs. The private housing market, including new market-rate development, only makes homelessness worse., seeks to disabuse everyone of their misconceptions. The UC Press title, written by Gregg Colburn, a University of Washington housing policy researcher, and Clayton Page Aldern, a data scientist and policy analyst, unfolds in the form of a series of proofs.
The vacancy point is a subtle one: Some of the vacant housing in a wealthy global city like San Francisco consists of pieds-à-terre and investment properties, which are the subject of acurrently gathering signatures for the November ballot. But generally speaking, high vacancy rates are an indication of a renter-friendly housing market, where landlords have competition and renters have choices.
Even economically healthy cities like Chicago and Philadelphia, whose populations remain far below their historical highs, have relatively low rates of homelessness because, for now, there’s enough housing to go around. The case for government-subsidized affordable housing is obvious. But market-rate housing development, over time, can also reduce homelessness. While any given market-rate housing development won’t directly house homeless people, in aggregate, new construction contributes to a healthier housing market where homelessness becomes less likely.
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