To stop homelessness soaring in San Diego, we need to invest in housing and health care [Opinion]
sleep on the streets of San Diego County in dangerous situations, according to the latest annual count of the regional homeless population, released this week. That’s a 26 percent increase from 2022, with more unsheltered seniors and women since this time last year.
This tragedy has ballooned into an untenable crisis that worsens every month. At Father Joe’s Villages, we see the impact these unsafe conditions have on our neighbors. It creates trauma, mental health issues, substance use disorders, physical harm and developmental delays.If we are to truly stem the tide of homelessness, we must adopt a coordinated multifaceted solution.
And with soaring housing costs and rising inflation, many San Diegans are experiencing homelessness for the first time in their lives. This creates a new cohort of individuals who are exposed to unsafe conditions and caught in a cycle that is increasingly difficult to break. We will continue to see more and more new faces living on our streets, including those of families and children, if we do not create more affordable and accessible housing.
In concert with housing, behavioral health services are essential if we are serious about helping people transition from homelessness. Living on the streets exposes you to violence, drug use, predatory behavior and other traumatic experiences. These factors exacerbate or create new mental health and substance issues which increase the likelihood of prolonged homelessness.
Even more pressing, we are experiencing a new plight in the unhoused community to a severity never confronted before — fentanyl. In 2019, there were
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