Made in California: Golden State’s homeless crisis is homegrown, according to new study

CALIFORNIA’S HOMELESSNESS CRISIS is a homegrown problem that is deepening amid a shortage of affordable housing and emergency shelter, and it’s often the brutal conditions of living on the street that trigger behavioral health problems, such as depression and anxiety, researchers found in a comprehensive study on homelessness.

The new findings by leading researchers at the University of California show that at least 90 percent of adults who are experiencing homelessness in the state became homeless while living in California due primarily to the dire lack of affordable housing.