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.