05 September 2006

Homelessness By The Numbers

Number of Apartments Owned By Apartment Association of Metro Denver Members: 130000

Vacancy Rate As Of September 1: 7.1%

Vacant Units Owned By ASMD Members: 9,230

Homeless Persons In Metro Denver: 9,091

Cross Posted at Colorado Confidential.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are you proposing people let homeless people live in their homes for free? Or just posting random, unrelated statistics?

Andrew Oh-Willeke said...

The point is that homelessness is not about a shortage of housing. It is about an inability to allocate the housing we have to people who need it.

It is a question of economics, not straight supply.