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crazypamplemousse t1_j7qatlo wrote

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

Agree with you. I work with homeless populations and can tell you that this data absolutely tracks with my lived experience. And for all the people saying the HUD count is inaccurate (which it is), that likely points to the real homeless population being even larger than the count suggests it is - NOT smaller. This is a major problem that folks need to wake up to. Everyone working in my field has been living in a state of crisis for the last year + and I’m glad to see VT Digger acknowledging the problem as it really is.

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Necessary_Cat_4801 t1_j7qel5j wrote

3+ years really.

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crazypamplemousse t1_j7qf2jz wrote

I’ll take your word for it. I just can’t personally speak to more than a year because that’s about how long I’ve been in this field.

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