The county of Clark county and also the city of Las Vegas, which is a different entity, both fell tremendously at addressing the problem because what they do is they build housing and give the housing away to homeless people. The problem is 89% of people who are homeless in Clark County are homeless because of drug and alcohol addiction or gambling addiction issues. basically mental health issues and addiction issues. So if you can first address that, then you can get people in a position where maybe they can get a job and … (15:28–15:37)
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Asserts that a significant majority of homelessness in Clark County is due to addiction issues.
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