elizabeth-cooper t1_itvnm83 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 5:18 PM

Reply to comment by ThreeLittlePuigs in More Than 104,000 New York City Students Were Homeless Last Year by Lilyo

Regardless of whether that's the norm, unless you're suggesting that all the single adults who live with roommates are actually homeless because they couldn't afford an apartment otherwise, doubled up families may be overcrowded, but they're not homeless.

ThreeLittlePuigs t1_itvnt16 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 5:20 PM

They would be housing insecure. And my point is the vast majority of these people would likely fit that definition by any reasonable standard. Neighborhoods in the city are filled with 2 bedrooms housing 10 people and multiple families

IAmGoingToSleepNow t1_itwgvc9 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 8:24 PM

Being 'housing insecure' is not being homeless. They are not using that definition to define homeless. Not sure why you can't stay on topic. By your measure, nearly everyone is homeless because the high cost of housing.

ThreeLittlePuigs t1_itwkbsj wrote on October 26, 2022 at 8:45 PM

Bold claiming that under an article that literally makes that point repeatedly and in a city / state that uses the definitions referenced in the article.

IAmGoingToSleepNow t1_itwr0d2 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 9:29 PM

Where does the article state housing insecure?

How can a family be 'housing insecure,' ie. homeless, and still have full protection of the law as a tenant? So they are both homeless and a tenant?

elizabeth-cooper t1_itvrqsv wrote on October 26, 2022 at 5:45 PM

I mean, that's what this sub wants - a return to the tenement era. One person gets a coat closet, 10 people get a walk-in closet.