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Record number of Americans are homeless amid nationwide surge in rent, report finds (www.cbsnews.com)

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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.

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[–] ExLisper@linux.community 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't live in US so for it's not a matter of hope or gloom. It's just my opinion based on what I see happening there. I know a lot of Americans would like the entire Internet to cheer them and lie to give them some hope but I just don't see much sense in that. If you think it's achievable than do you, fight for it. I was just wandering if people really believe they can get it.

[–] stembolts@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Yes I do believe it can occur, with each election the generational clock is ticking forward in a detectable way. Though I personally live in a very conservative area so it tends to happen in the west and northeast before it occurs here.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I don’t live in US so for it’s not a matter of hope or gloom. It’s just my opinion based on what I see happening there.

I don't want to suppress you expressing your opinions (at this point assuming you're not astroturfing for one/both of the parties) but you do need "to be closer to the ground zero" if you want to be taken as someone who understands the subject matter fully, versus being dismissed out of hand for spewing rhetoric.

Ranked Choice Voting is truly the only way out of this mess, and it should be fought for, no matter its chance of actual implementation.

Right now politicians are not even being asked about it, so it's a little early to waive the white flag.