TAKE 5 MINUTES TO TAKE THIS QUIZ ABOUT AUSTIN HOMELESSNESS

(A) 4% Q: What percentage of all renter households in Austin earned under $10,000 in 2008? (B) 9% (C) 13%

A: 13% that's 21,700 households

(A) $175 Q: What amount of rent can a household earning $10,000 afford before being burdened? (B) $350 (C) $525

A: $175 that's all that the budget can handle

(A) 1,600 Q: Of the households earning under $10,000, how many receive rental assistance? (B) 2,400 (C) 3,100

A: 2,400 leaving 19,300 underserved

(A) 2 times Q: Mortality rates are how many times higher among homeless than among the housed? (B) 3 times (C) 5 times

A: 3 times higher

(A) 32-42 Q: The avg. lifespan is 78, how long is the avg. lifespan of the homeless population? (B) 42-52 (C) 52-62

A: Only 42-52

(A) $22,000 Q: How much do cities spend per year per chronically homeless people for public resources? (B) $31,000 (C) $40,000

$40,000 A: for hospitals, jails, shelters, courts

(A) 3 Q: How many more days per hospital visit do homeless people spend compared to the non-homeless? (B) 4 (C) 7

A: 4 That averages $2,414 per hospitalization

(A) $11,220 Q: Homeless spend more time in jail than non-homeless, costing taxpayers how much per homeless person per year? (B) $13,910 (C) $14,480

$14,480 primarily for overnight jail, often for loitering A:

(A) $8,067 annually Q: How much more does an emergency shelter bed cost over federal housing subsidies? (B) $11,228 annually (C) $13,001 annually

$8,067 per year A:

(A) 20% Q: What percent of homeless people did paid work during the last month? (B) 32% (C) 44%

44% worked A:

(A) 20% Q: Of those, what percentage worked in a job expected to last at least 3 months? (B) 32% (C) 44%

20% most worked minimum wage or seasonal jobs not paying enough to afford housing A:

(A) 27% Q: What percentage of those in homeless situations report being robbed? (B) 32% (C) 38%

38% families & children lose their homes, rooms, friends, schools, pets, identity, self-esteem and more. A:

(A) 33% Q: What percentage of those in homeless situations report theft of their property? (B) 41% (C) 55%

41% A:

(A) 1 in 3 Q: How many of those in homeless situations report being assaulted? (B) 1 in 5 (C) 1 in 7

1 in 5 A:

(A) 1 in 5 Q: How many women in homeless situations have been raped? (B) 1 in 8 (C) 1 in 11

1 in 8 raped A:

(A) 17% Q: What percentage of those in homeless situations reporting infectious conditions? (B) 21% (C) 26%

26% A:

(A) 29% Q: What percentage of the homeless report chronic health conditions? (B) 36% (C) 46%

46% A: due to living situation and inability to access adequate healthcare

(A) 33% Q: What percentage report being arrested or harassed because of being homeless (i.e. they broke no law)? (B) 52% (C) 69%

69% A:

(A) 56% Q: What percentage report going hungry a portion of the time they are homeless? (B) 78% (C) 100%

100% A:

(A) 7.7% Q: 12.8% of crimes by non-homeless are reported as violent, what percentage committed by homeless are violent? (B) 10.3% (C) 13.9%

only 7.7% A:

(A) 22% Q: Nationwide, what percent of homeless were in emergency shelters on one single night? (B) 42% (C) 60%

60% A:

(A) 22% Q: Nationwide, what percent were unsheltered on one single night? (B) 42% (C) 60%

42% A:

(A) 27% Q: Housing the homeless cuts the avg. costs of services they consume by what percentage? (B) 50% (C) 66%

50% A: 99 former homeless received 35% more mental health services at 41% less cost

(A) 59% Q: In a recent study, permanent supportive housing reduced emergency room costs by what percentage? (B) 62% (C) 66%

62% A:

(A) 59% Q: And permanent supportive housing reduced health care costs by what percentage? (B) 62% (C) 66%

59% A:

(A) 59% Q: Permanent supportive housing reduced ambulance transportation costs by what percentage? (B) 62% (C) 66%

66% A:

(A) 59% Q: Permanent supportive housing reduced incarceration by what percentage? (B) 62% (C) 66%

62% A:

(A) 66% Q: Permanent supportive housing reduced shelter visits by what percentage? (B) 82% (C) 98%

98% A:

(A) $26,772 Q: The study yielded a savings of how much per year per permanent supportive housing tenant? (B) $63,425 (C) $93,436

$93,436 A:

(A) 897 Q: In Central Texas, the Statesman reported how many emergency medical visits in 6 years made by nine people in a study? (B) 1,742 (C) 2,678

2,678 A:

(A) $467,990 Q: What was the cost of the 2,678 emergency medical visits? (B) $3,000,000 (C) $27,000,000

$3,000,000 A:

(A) 3 Q: How many of the nine people studied were homeless? (B) 6 (C) 9

only 3 people A:

(A) 1,480 Q: Another study showed that of 900 frequent emergency services users made how many preventable visits in one year? (B) 2,123 (C) 2,988

2,123 A:

(A) 11% Q: These preventable visits make up what percentage of total visits to Central Texas emergency departments? (B) 15.5% (C) 18%

18% A:

(A) Q: What is the answer to all of these problems? (B) do nothing (C) do nothing permanent supportive housing

permanent supportive housing A: mobile loaves and fishes offers a “homes on wheels” program to put homeless in a more permanent housing situation

feeding the homeless A: mobile loaves and fishes offers food and clothing to the homeless in Austin year round

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