archive.today • More Americans Are Ending Up Homeless—at a Record Rate - WSJ
The data so far this year are up roughly 11% from 2022, a sharp jump that would represent by far the biggest recorded increase since the government started tracking comparable numbers in 2007. The next highest increase was a 2.7% jump in 2019, excluding an artificially high increase last year caused by pandemic counting interruptions.
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“The Covid-relief funds provided a buffer,” said Donald Whitehead Jr., executive director at the National Coalition for the Homeless, an advocacy group. “We’re seeing what happens when those resources aren’t available.”
I think anyone who deprives houses from people, whether it’s a politician with some policy or an investor buying up all the affordable ones to sell them at a higher price no one can reach to, is just a few semantics away from a murderer, absolutely despicable and disgusting