news U.S. homelessness up 12% to highest recorded level from higher rent, lapsed Covid aid

[Vermillion]

 

[pisuke]

The US is a total failure.

[byzantium]

Unfortunately most voters are property owners and they see homelessness and housing insecurity as a reasonable cost for others to pay in order to ensure their property values can keep going up. 

[GardenPanty]

See when you have a useless president who would rather fund genocide 

[Zoomer]

No money to solve homelessness and poverty, but that ugly old hag has BILLIONS to fund that terrorist state and their genocide 

[Mean Trees]

11 minutes ago, byzantium said:

Unfortunately most voters are property owners and they see homelessness and housing insecurity as a reasonable cost for others to pay in order to ensure their property values can keep going up. 

Until they get predated on and start crying the blues...

[VOSS]

Reminder that NIMBYs are almost 100% to blame for this.

[Tropez]

The US a third world shithole. We’ve been knew. 

[Horse]

12% is crazy

 

edit: wait im stupid. thought 12% of the population was homeless  Still bad though!

Edited December 15, 2023 by Horse

[JayG]

1 hour ago, pisuke said:

The US is a total failure.

So is the UK

[JayG]

1 hour ago, Zoomer said:

No money to solve homelessness and poverty, but that ugly old hag has BILLIONS to fund that terrorist state and their genocide 

The UK is the same

[JayG]

40 minutes ago, Tropez said:

The US a third world shithole. We’ve been knew. 

Tea, UK too

[SimpleKindofLife]

Fire the entire congress at this point and start over. Smh

[Raver]

Bidens impacT 

Bidenomics in full effect 

[Gorjesspazze9]

Crazy how rent for a 1 Bedroom on average is like $2,000 a month now 

Even with a Bachelor’s degree, I know people working 2 Fulltime jobs and a Career with benefits just to make ends meet. Gotta make like $150K a year to live somewhat comfortably

[DAP]

Keep in mind this is a big undercount because of how nebulously defined ‘homelessness’ is by the state. Those that are counted are largely people in homeless shelters but the majority of those that don’t have a permanent address, whether they sleep in cars, motels, couch surf, imprisoned, or wander the streets, are not included. The real time number is probably tenfold. What can be said about this country that hasn’t already been said? US is a garbage capitalist shithole and our political establishment cannot crash soon enough. 

[Attitude]

And yet there's millions of homes sitting vacant in this country. Disgusting. 

[Happylittlepunk]

Covid aid was never meant to be permanent. So idk why bring that up and what exactly did people expect? 
I agree that rent is too high and there needs to be more done about rent control, homeownership is a choice. The government does have duty to make sure people can find homes for everyone either through apartments, condos, mobile homes, public housing etc. rent should be based on the average American imo per state. If the average American is making  for example $31 an hour in California that rougly $4960 per month. Rent should not be allowed to exceed $1600 per month.
 

But tbh the individual multi homeownership are the real problem for real estate. Crisis many private home owners refuse to sell less because they want to make bank on there sold homes or they see houses as they investments. foreign homeownership is also a problem especially here in ca where entire people buy homes but do not actually live in them and there just empty properties, same thing with private companies also buying private residence is a problem too. 

[AMIT]

2 hours ago, Happylittlepunk said:

Covid aid was never meant to be permanent. So idk why bring that up and what exactly did people expect? 
I agree that rent is too high and there needs to be more done about rent control, homeownership is a choice. The government does have duty to make sure people can find homes for everyone either through apartments, condos, mobile homes, public housing etc. rent should be based on the average American imo per state. If the average American is making  for example $31 an hour in California that rougly $4960 per month. Rent should not be allowed to exceed $1600 per month.

 

No, it does not. That's not the state's job. It does not work for you unless you happen to be filthy rich that is. 

[AvadaKedavra]

5 hours ago, Happylittlepunk said:

Covid aid was never meant to be permanent. So idk why bring that up and what exactly did people expect? 
I agree that rent is too high and there needs to be more done about rent control, homeownership is a choice. The government does have duty to make sure people can find homes for everyone either through apartments, condos, mobile homes, public housing etc. rent should be based on the average American imo per state. If the average American is making  for example $31 an hour in California that rougly $4960 per month. Rent should not be allowed to exceed $1600 per month.

This. Time for some rent limits

[Mr. Mendes]

So much for building back better, huh?

[JayG]

11 hours ago, AMIT said:

 

No, it does not. That's not the state's job. It does not work for you unless you happen to be filthy rich that is. 

Yes it does lmao

[AMIT]

4 hours ago, JayG said:

Yes it does lmao

Again, who told you that? The government themselves? Do you also think the police is there to protect you or something? 

[JayG]

3 hours ago, AMIT said:

Again, who told you that? The government themselves? Do you also think the police is there to protect you or something? 

A literal ******* fool lmao. The government is supposed to serve its citizens. And police are supposed to protect people. The issue is they ARE NOTey literally tell us this ****, and lie about it.

Edited December 16, 2023 by JayG

[AMIT]

9 hours ago, JayG said:

A literal ******* fool lmao. The government is supposed to serve its citizens. And police are supposed to protect people. 

And how is that going? 

 

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The issue is they ARE NOTey literally tell us this ****, and lie about it.

 

And they get away with it every SINGLE. TIME. 

 

WHY?