| Leading question: suppose someone moved to SF, started out homeless, moved to supportive housing for a few months, and got kicked out and became homeless again. Are they counted in that oft-cited "70% of homeless people are SF natives!" figure? ETA some additional numbers[0]: Of that [71]%, the top six places they were housed before their most recent loss of housing: With Friends/Relative (31%) Home Owned or Rented by Self or Partner (21%) Subsidized Housing or Permanent Supportive Housing (11%) Hotel/motel (9%) Jail or Prison (8%) Hospital or Treatment Facility (4%) So only 21% of that 71% actually rented their own place. Granted, the "with friends/relatives" can cover some situations where I'd agree they count as originating from SF, but also covers things like people moving here and crashing with a friend for a week before being kicked out. Note also that any homeless who has become housed at any point of their homelessness (including jail, hospitalization, supportive housing) would then persist in the "has been housed in SF before" stat. [0] https://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-PIT-Co... , see page 31 |