Rents over the last two decades have risen much faster than employee pay, contributing to an escalating homelessness crisis in the U.S.

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.

  • mr_robot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    60·
    10 months ago

    You say that like Trump’s biggest legislative accomplishment wasn’t a massive tax cut for the wealthiest Americans.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
      2910·
      10 months ago

      That’s not true, he also accelerated the decline of America and turned many of America’s allies against us.

      Also he had that handsome hamburger party that one time. That was pretty funny, probably his favorite day of being president.

    • SoylentBlake@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      10 months ago

      With a Republican controlled House and Senate, no less.

      Complete control of the government, carte blanche to enact yr policies … All they can do is pass a tax cut.

      Republicans are the most ineffective political body in the world. More so than Democrats, who’s only bid to relevancy is “I’m not them!” while simultaneously only passing Republican written legislation.

      So the cycle, take note, is Republicans get power because Democrats don’t do shit for anyone on main Street, who’ve seen their living conditions fall to third world status (3rd world has cell phones too people, like 90% of humanity has a cell phone), bicker about social issues and imagined offensives then pass a tax cut and forgive debts to the people held by Big business. Supreme court shenanigans whenever possible. Democrats get elected with nice stories of going to Disney land. Get in, can’t do anything they promised cuz reasons but they pass the Republican think tank written policies cuz gotta point at something. BUUUT no field trip for you, get back to work. Get booted out because now I’m 47, living in a Kia with my 2 dogs and hamster and I’ve never been to the Disneyverse. Get told the economy is doing better everyday. Every other day someone else I know ends up homeless.

      Rinse, repeat. The American way.