‘Waiting List to Nowhere’: Homelessness Surveys Trap Black Men on the Streets - KFF Health News

Vulnerability questionnaires were created to determine how likely a person is to get sick and die while homeless.

The more a homeless person is perceived to be vulnerable, the more points they score on the questionnaire and the higher they move in the housing queue.

White people, including some people of Hispanic descent, make up 75% of the country and represent 55% of America ’s homeless.

Black people are more likely to be homeless because of economic reasons, such as joblessness, joblessness or joblessness.

White people are more likely to gain housing because they score more points on vulnerability assessments that rank sickness higher.

Black people are less likely to have health insurance or medical diagnoses and to reveal their ailments.

They are more mistrustful due to biases in the health care system.

Even those who do answer honestly find themselves competing for limited supply of affordable housing.

The VI-SPDAT, a common questionnaire, assigns points meant to gauge the vulnerability of a person living on the streets.

Experts say this model was never tested as a housing assessment tool, nor meant to determine whether someone gets into housing.