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.”
wow I wonder what happened in 2021. maybe the evictions moratoriam was a good idea??
When it happened, the neoliberals were celebrating the end of the moratorium, and reveling at the prospect of people being evicted and ending up on the streets. I guess those demon fucks got what they wanted.
They always get what they wanted.
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