Kansas 'Homeless Street Death' Headline Was Just Clickbait For Another Local Study

Credit where it's due . . . The local news cartel knows that people just click & share headlines. 

And so their provocative tag was well-received . . . Even if didn't actually document much of local "death on the streets" just more study from academics & activists.

Still, we like a bit of newsy salesmanship and appreciate the data . . . Take a peek:

Around 1,798 people are homeless on any given night in Kansas City, according to a Kansas City advocacy group. Wichita’s annual homeless count showed 702 unhoused individuals, the highest number recorded by the yearly survey since 2011. In Topeka, an annual survey showed 412 individuals experiencing homelessness in the city in 2023.

The paper also found people experiencing homelessness have significantly higher mortality risks than their peers. An unhoused 40-year-old has a similar mortality risk to a 60-year-old with housing or a 50-year-old person living in poverty with housing.

 And so we're really talking about probability and, thankfully, not hobo bodies.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Homeless advocates: 'We're seeing more and more folks die on the streets' in Kansas

A man lies under shading on July 19, 2022, on North Topeka Avenue in Wichita, Kansas. The city has reported growing numbers of people struggling with homelessness. (Lily O'Shea Becker/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA - Advocates say unhoused Kansans need more support from state and local governments.