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> Often, the reason they are unstable is because they are homeless

I think a more common situation is that they are on the street because they are unstable, but being on the street makes it much worse.

[aqme28]

Yeah I buy that to some extent. But according to the studies I've read, the primary driver of homelessness is rising rent, not mental health issues.

See e.g. https://www.statista.com/chart/32585/change-in-median-rent-a...

[RajT88]

Yes, a big chunk of the homeless are referred to as "invisible" because they seem normal and may even have jobs.

[anon291]

Keep in mind these are the same economists who said that Milei's reforms would not alleviate Argentina's inflation

[18172828286177]

I mean, I hate to be cliched, but correlation does not imply causation. There are many possible confounding factors that could be at play here.

[ty6853]

Having actually built, planned, and done all the paperwork for a house myself most the extra costs that can't be worked around (you can DIY everything if you want) is permitting, inspection, and codes. I just didn't get my house inspected nor did I submit engineered plans, so saved tons of money, but most people don't have the option to bypass 'safety' inspections and they get gutted like a pig following all those rules.

The actual materials cost of a house, you can build one for $60k no problem and absolute shit-tons of cheap land near jobs (ex: unemployment extremely low in the Dakotas, cheap land, high demand for homeless-tier labor in the fields in bumfucklandia as ICE deports illegals making farmers desperate for anybody).