This Political Science research paper shows that Rent Hikes and Evictions by Landlords are the main cause of Homelessness in California and that it CAN be controlled. #Homelessness #CALeg #GavinNewsom #LA https://preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/article-details/66cfbebd20ac769e5f27a777
APSA PreprintsHow One Law in California, “Costa-Hawkins,” Produces more Homeless than can be Helped, and has other Significant Unintended ConsequencesThis paper argues that a California law, entitled the “Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act” is a primary cause of homelessness in that state. The origins of that law will be discussed. The exact system by which that law produces homelessness will be modeled. The paper argues that that law is the primary reason why the homeless population in California is exceptionally high, nearly twice that of the next state. That law is also the single most important reason why all the state’s efforts, and billions of dollars spent, to alleviate the problem have failed to even stop the increase in the number of homeless. Among the unintended consequences of the law are sever mental and emotional stress for those persons who live on the threshold of becoming homeless.
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