Capitol Weekly: Senior homeless population growing at record pace

According to Mari Castaldi, Senior Legislative Advocate at Housing California, a part of a state-wide coalition focused on addressing older adult homelessness, the coalitions were looking at multiple factors in addressing the needs of these individuals.

“We see in California that eight out of 10 extremely low-income older adults pay more than half of their monthly income for rent, which is one of the criteria for being at risk of homelessness,” Castaldi says.

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