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× By Scott Greenstone, The Seattle Times
Published: January 12, 2021, 8:38am
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A recession following the coronavirus pandemic could cause twice as much homelessness nationwide as the Great Recession did more than a decade ago, says a grim study released Tuesday by Economic Roundtable, an L.A. research group.
Using detailed data on unemployment and homelessness from L.A. County social services, authors of the study project that people at the “thin edge of the labor market” restaurant employees, temporary workers, seasonal labor are in particular danger of drifting into homelessness in the coming years as the economy recovers.
Daniel Flaming, the president of Economic Roundtable, said though the report uses L.A. data, the pandemic recession will likely have long-term effects in Seattle and other major cities.
A proposal to evict 200 residents of a homeless shelter inside a Renton hotel is laughably cruel at best, and at worst, directly exacerbates an existing crisis.