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Final 4.15.11 <br /> 17 <br />The length of time that households are reporting being homeless varies from year to year. In 2006, 88.4% of homeless households had been homeless for four months or longer. In 2007 and 2008, less than 40% of homeless households were homeless for four months or longer. In 2009, this figure climbed to 76.9%. In 2010, 64.2% of households report being homeless for four months or longer. <br /> And in more detail… <br />Length of Time <br />Homeless 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 <br />One month or less 12 11.7% 26 60.5% 30 83.3% 9 23.1% 12 17.9% 2-3 months 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 12 17.9% 4-12 months 49 47.6% 7 16.3% 2 5.5% 14 35.9% 13 19.4% More than 1 year 42 40.8% 10 23.3% 4 11.1% 16 41.0% 30 44.8% Cause of Homelessness Inability to pay rent or mortgage or eviction due to non-payment has increased over the past several years to become the number one reason for homelessness in Kittitas County (23.1% of reasons given in 2010, up from 8.8% in 2006). In 2010, other reasons frequently given for homelessness include mental illness (12.7%) and loss of a job (10.8%). These values have been fairly steady since 2006, though job loss was listed as a reason of homeless less frequently in 2008.