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TheTowerBard t1_j7pqu4x wrote

Reply to comment by Necessary_Cat_4801 in Vermont’s rates of homelessness are (almost) the worst in the country by DaddyBobMN

Which is why we should have a UBI and make housing and healthcare human rights. Especially as we continue to put more robots into the workforce taking human jobs.

Edit: I’d be curious to know who made the decision to do the count in January only. Again, homeless folks are mostly migratory. They move around with the weather and with any opportunities or hope that springs up for something better than where they are. Folks that move for the winter to avoid the cold, often head back in the summers. We know this. So why do the count when the most people are not in their original “home” networks. It’s silly.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7pv8ux wrote

Someone at HUD made that decision, not at the state level.

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TheTowerBard t1_j7pz20s wrote

Again, I'd be curious to know WHY. Winter isn't exclusive in VT. Though, if I wanted to paint a picture of this being an issue in California and a few other states and not a national issue, I'd probably choose to only count in winter too.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7q04g6 wrote

It could be that, could be tied to funding, could be as simple as someone chose January to do an annual count.

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