Record number of Americans are homeless amid nationwide surge in rent, report finds
Record number of Americans are homeless amid nationwide surge in rent, report finds
Rents over the last two decades have risen much faster than employee pay, contributing to an escalating homelessness crisis in the U.S.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11260607
A growing number of Americans are ending up homeless as soaring rents in recent years squeeze their budgets.
According to a Jan. 25 report from Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, roughly 653,000 people reported experiencing homelessness in January of 2023, up roughly 12% from the same time a year prior and 48% from 2015. That marks the largest single-year increase in the country's unhoused population on record, Harvard researchers said.
But more people can afford yachts.
You mean fewer people can afford more yachts?
Don't worry folks the Supreme Court is about to rule that homeless can be fined for being homeless and then cities will jail homeless and they won't be homeless nomore /s
So when do we get to the part where people start burning down the properties in a case of, "Well if you want all the land, then you can have its charred remains"?
Pretty soon probably.
The article is new but it's citing data that's a year old.
"roughly 653,000 people reported experiencing homelessness in January of 2023, up roughly 12% from the same time a year prior and 48% from 2015. "
Probably the newest data available. There's no way that the trend has reversed rather than sped up since then.