Homelessness experts and community leaders say vulnerability questionnaires have worsened racial disparities among the unhoused by systematically placing white people in front of the line ahead of Black people. Now places like Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Austin, Texas, are developing alternative surveys to reduce bias.
It’s almost like you have to give people a reason to trust you before you can help them. They aren’t going to willingly give ammunition to a system that’s done nothing but hurt them.
It’s almost like you have to give people a reason to trust you before you can help them. They aren’t going to willingly give ammunition to a system that’s done nothing but hurt them.