A new report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development affirms the obvious: ripping away pandemic-era welfare amid inflation and a housing affordability crisis was a complete disaster. The result: homelessness in the US is at a record high.
  • @jordanlund
    -3•1 day ago

    I can’t speak for anyone else, but my pandemic assistance was $1,200, or 2/3rds of one month of rent at the time. My wife got $1,200 too… so 1 and 1/3rd’s month of rent combined.

    I don’t see how ending that contributes to homelessness 4 years later.

    When did the last batch of checks go out? March, 2021?

    https://www.pandemicoversight.gov/data-interactive-tools/data-stories/update-three-rounds-stimulus-checks-see-how-many-went-out-and

    "Round 1, March 2020: $1,200 per income tax filer, $500 per child (CARES Act)

    Round 2, December 2020: $600 per income tax filer, $600 per child (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021)

    Round 3, March 2021: $1,400 per income tax filer, $1,400 per child (American Rescue Plan Act)"

    • Flying Squid
      16•1 day ago

      I was laid off just before the pandemic and there was a big boost in unemployment benefits which eventually got taken away from people. I imagine that’s part of it.

    • @[email protected]OP
      16•1 day ago

      I doubt the stimulus checks are the only thing included in the pandemic assistance category.

      HUD attributes this to many factors, including: a lack of affordable housing, inflation, stagnating wages, systemic racism, public health crises, natural disasters, immigration, and the end of pandemic welfare programs. But the report makes clear that ending pandemic welfareduring an inflationary bout and affordable housing crisis was a particularly devastating combination.

      • @[email protected]English
        7•1 day ago

        I lost my job cooking during covid.

        State unemployment was boosted for covid.

        I assume this fits in this catagory.

        I made the most $$/week during covid, then the entire rest of my 23 working years.

        Was basically 2x my normal pay rate as a Line Cook.

        This was after my brother and father died and I realized everything’s a cruel joke 🙃.

        motion’s at current reality.

        • @[email protected]OP
          15•1 day ago

          The rise described in the article starts in 2022. I wouldn’t call that two years later than October 2021.

          • Snot FlickermanEnglish
            12•1 day ago

            Especially because eviction courts take time. It’s actually not a very fast process.

    • @RagingRobot
      11•1 day ago

      We also got the child tax credit that was taken away