US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people
US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people
Federal officials say the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country.
The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said federally required tallies taken across the country in January found that more than 770,000 people were counted as homeless — a number that misses some people and does not include those staying with friends or family because they do not have a place of their own.
That increase comes on top of a 12% increase in 2023, which HUD blamed on soaring rents and the end of pandemic assistance. The 2023 increase also was driven by people experiencing homelessness for the first time. The numbers overall represent 23 of every 10,000 people in the U.S., with Black people being overrepresented among the homeless population.
We're going to need a lot more angry Italians, I imagine.
We'll all need to do our part to anger italians.
Chicago style pizza is the only real pizza. I specially like it with a topping of easy cheese.
Always snap spaghetti in half before putting it in boiling water.
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Just wait until Waluigi gets involved
Italians rise up
The housing providers need to be held accountable for dereliction of duty.
Or we could just build government housing again.
Of course. I'm just making fun of the way landlords (and their sympathizers) insist on referring to themselves as housing providers.