Submitted 9 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rent-homelessness-harvard-report-center-for-housing-studies/
cross-posted from: 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.
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.
At least inflation went down, but with ever increasing rental cost the picture probably doesn’t look much better.
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 9 months ago
But more people can afford yachts.
Lath@kbin.social 9 months ago
You mean fewer people can afford more yachts?