According to The UCI-OC Poll, 52% of renters surveyed were worried about how they were going to pay rent and feared evictions. The high cost of housing is the main driver of homelessness, and many people are living paycheck to paycheck. … At the time of the study, Orange County spent $299 million per year addressing health, housing, law enforcement and other issues related to homelessness, according to UCI sociologists Dr. David Snow and Dr. Rachel Goldberg, who conducted the county’s first cost study on homelessness.

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