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What factors influence homelessness in a city?

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What factors influence homelessness in a city?

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What factors influence homelessness in a city? Local leaders want to recruit high-paying jobs and to ensure their communities remain affordable to the people living there, and these goals can present a challenge.

In this lesson, students interpret linear equations and trend lines to describe how median income, average rent, and rates of homelessness have changed in the past two decades in various U.S. cities and discuss what they can do to aid people experiencing homelessness in their communities.

REAL WORLD TAKEAWAYS

  • In cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle, average incomes have risen over time. As incomes have risen, so have rents.
  • As rents rise, some people are no longer able to afford their homes and become homeless.
  • Local leaders face a challenge in recruiting high-paying jobs while ensuring their areas remain affordable to the less well-off.

MATH OBJECTIVES

  • Describe a line-of-best fit as a line which is drawn through data points to show a long-term trend
  • Interpret a linear equation in a real-world context

Appropriate most times as students are developing conceptual understanding.
Grade 8
Writing Linear Equations
Grade 8
Writing Linear Equations
Content Standards
Mathematical Practices

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