Submitted 5 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
https://fortune.com/2024/05/11/cost-of-living-crisis-gen-z-homeless-acorns-money-matters/
Silly me, I assumed all people, those in the working class at least, genuinely fear becoming homeless..
Seriously though, what an odd way to frame it, but I guess when you look at the source, it makes a bit more sense that a financial publication will be spreading this kind of out of touch divisive crap, it's not like they're going to be honest about capitalism and the fact that people of all ages are finding it harder and harder to survive under it..
Silly me, I assumed all people, those in the working class at least, genuinely fear becoming homeless…
Gen-Xer here. At my highest highs and my lowest lows, I have never let go of a background fear of becoming homeless.
Pretty sure you have to be either rich of stupid not to have that genuine feel
At least I’m close enough to parents if it gets to that point, and they finally got high speed internet. Although then I’d end up in the middle of nowhere
Doing pretty well by most standards but I know that I’m just one misstep off a ladder, one car crash, one disease away from losing my job and eventual homelessness for my family. Sure, they’ll be able to hold out longer if I die quick, but anything protracted and expensive will ruin everything else too.
No, Here in Germany the state pays your rent and gives you a monthly allowance (Bürgergeld) so you don’t end up homeless. We also have homeless people, but in principle everyone is entitled to it.
Even owning a house and plenty of savings, a single medical emergency can still be bankruptcy.
As I said in another community where this was posted:
Alternate headline, sub header combo:
“Gen Z aware of main cause of homelessness
Boomers and Forbes editors remain unconvinced”
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.
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.
My sister who is 4 years older than me has been homeless a few times, but she has her own issues.
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.
Been trying to find a new car, and realized that out of all the things I’ve been looking for in my new vehicle, I realized I forgot one very important thing. At some point, I could become homeless, and might need to live out of my car, so searching for one that has a fold-down backseat to put a mattress is key.
This is America…
If you don’t do a lot of highway driving a Subaru Sambar van is awesome and they’re dirt cheap to import. Next year the 1999 models will be available and they’re very improved for safety features compared to the 1998 ones.
When the Kei Vans were first made they made being able to fold the seats down flat into a bed a big priority because of how high rent was in the 80s and 90s in Japan.
I think it's more of an inter-generational thing.
Huge class element too
For sure. And intersectionality would be a great tool for this conversation, if there really was one.
Well they should, my partner and I became homeless for a few months because we got priced out of our housing. We had a friend to crash with but it was awful and ended up destroying that relationship, AND the solution ended up being moving to a smaller town because rent was simply too high.
we all need to pick a small town and fucking descend upon it
In capitalism as inventory goes down prices go up. As we descend upon hat small town and rent or buy what’s there, prices go up.We need to instead lobby for legislation that heavily taxes investment properties. That will free the hundreds of thousands of homes that’re empty. Also local housing initiatives where tax dollars go to subsidize the building of more houses. Look at the G.I. Bill after WW2 for a great example of this. But instead of veterans, anyone 90k or below gets a check to help with their first home.
This is called gentrification.
Wait, other Gen Xers and Millennials don’t fear becoming homeless?
I have a lot of friends who were homeless at least once during life, and all the others have been on the verge of homelessness. Is this atypical in the United States?
“Just stay in line, shut up and do as you’re told and you’ll probably make just barely enough to choose between food and medicine.”
-Your boss’ boss
Yeah, but think about how much fun we had with cardboard boxes as a kid. Now we get to relive those glory days and we can build those cardboard box castles we always dreamed of.
Ahh yes another white wash headline....
You can always spot that millennial journalism
Homelessness jumped 12% last year alone.
This ia a very real threat, but don’t worry, Genocide Joe has his priorities in order and will make sure any money that might be used to help you stay housed goes instead to Israel and Ukraine.
Funding Ukraine’s efforts to repel an invasion is a lot different than sending money to isreal. Lumping them together makes you look like a moron.
Your warmongering virtue has been noted. Thank you.
The system is working as designed
I think the thing here to is we are talking typical ones. Not like someone who is screwing around in life. Im an Xer so like I did not have the option of the house with 2 cars in the suburbs thing I grew up on as "normal" or at least the cash to have an eqivalent expense wise. I have done very well. So I have a place but I know peers in rediculous situations that are a hairsbreath from homeless. For millenials and gen z this is moving to the mainstream and the whole suburban fantasy family is not something they were barely not able to achieve but is a crazy pipe dream. and I just can't imagine what the next gen is going to face.
So many folks at or just over the bottom of Maslow’s pyramid that even Forbes can see them.
ignotum@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Sheesh, it’s not that hard gen-z,
just stop buying lattes, pull yourself up by the bootstraps, and buy property in the 1980s
vaionko@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
I’m afraid that’s not possible, all people nowadays know is mcdonald’s , charge they phone, twerk, be bisexual , eat hot chip & lie.
jaybone@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Don’t forget the avocado toast.