@return2ozma to News • 3 days agoHomelessness surged 18% to a new record in 2024 amid a lack of affordable housing across the U.S.www.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square26arrow-up1266arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]aboringdystopia[email protected]
arrow-up1260arrow-down1external-linkHomelessness surged 18% to a new record in 2024 amid a lack of affordable housing across the U.S.www.cbsnews.com@return2ozma to News • 3 days agomessage-square26cross-posted to: [email protected]aboringdystopia[email protected]
minus-square@DemdarulinkEnglish5•edit-22 days ago18%. 18 fucing %. For the love of god that’s 1/5 of your bloody nation, wtf? Edit: Nvm, tired and can’t read for shit.
minus-square@myplacedklink6•2 days agoIt went up BY 18%, not up TO 18%. This says nothing about how bad it is, only that it’s getting worse. It went up TO 0.23%.
minus-square@ATDAlink4•2 days agoOh just give it say I dunno 4 years or so we’ll be there soon enough and you can unedit the post…
minus-square@BigBrainBrett2517link3•2 days agoThat’s what I thought! Like what?! Isn’t that like 60m people? Unless homelessness is up by 18% from the original percentage. Either way it’s definitely millions of people… Just maybe not 60m… ??
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 days agoAbout one million by these estimates, but given there’s not a reliable way to measure homeless, it’s much higher.
18%. 18 fucing %. For the love of god that’s 1/5 of your bloody nation, wtf?Edit: Nvm, tired and can’t read for shit.
It went up BY 18%, not up TO 18%. This says nothing about how bad it is, only that it’s getting worse.
It went up TO 0.23%.
Yeah, I…yeah, thanks. Way to go for me, eh? xD
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Oh just give it say I dunno 4 years or so we’ll be there soon enough and you can unedit the post…
That’s what I thought! Like what?! Isn’t that like 60m people? Unless homelessness is up by 18% from the original percentage. Either way it’s definitely millions of people… Just maybe not 60m… ??
About one million by these estimates, but given there’s not a reliable way to measure homeless, it’s much higher.