Comment on The cost-of-living crisis is so bleak that some Gen Zers genuinely fear becoming homeless
oldfemboy@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
It’s not fearing. It is becoming homeless. Both young millenials and older gen Z I’ve seen and myself had experienced going homeless. It’s our reality.
MrVilliam@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’m 35. I was homeless for a short time when I was 23. My sister who is 4 years older than me has been homeless a few times, but she has her own issues. I know a few people around my age who were homeless for short times. It’s becoming a rite of passage in this country to experience becoming unhoused, and it’s really fucking sad how normalized it’s becoming.
Interest rates are through the roof right now at the same time that rent is through the roof and people wonder why homelessness is on the rise. Meanwhile, wages haven’t budged but grocery trips have gone up 100-200% in the past 5 years. Companies claim “supply chain” but the reality is that they raised prices when they had believable temporary reasons and never saw any reason to reduce them back down. Hence record profits. We’re being fucked to the limit.
taladar@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Maybe that is a radical idea to some but I for one think people shouldn’t become homeless even if they have issues of any kind.
applepie@kbin.social 4 months ago
Good luck...
We got adult single people with full time jobs going homeless. Until this basic issue is fixed, nothing can be fixed.
MrVilliam@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Agreed. I don’t think she’s psychologically capable of caring for herself. I think there was some serious trauma because she graduated summa cum laude to get her ME degree, so to go from that to barely holding low level jobs like cart pusher has been pretty jarring to watch. But yeah, at the end of the day, everybody deserves food and shelter and healthcare.