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.

  • queermunist she/her
    -12•10 months ago

    I’ll just ignore the first part since you’ve obviously spent half the thread condemning Biden.

    This is why I hate liberals. We are not allowed to condemn the Blue Savior, he’s making America great again, if you’re against us you’re with the enemy, etc. You are in a cult. There is literally nothing Biden can do that you would criticize.

    Anyway, so people should have been out there going wild protesting Al Gore and Hillary Clinton losing the popular vote, I guess.

    Al Gore betrayed the country by not fighting the election that was stolen by Bush. Fuck him and the weak liberals that let it happen.

    I’m sure some people would protest but my example (which isn’t even realistic since it ignores the electoral college) would be interpreted as Trump winning by 5%.

    And losing the popular vote by 10%

    Considering the fact that he lost the popular vote the first time and has since become even more unpopular and divisive, and considering the fact that he actually might be a convicted criminal by the election, I think things would become extremely violent. You’re overlooking how easily America could destabilize - we’re already having some fucked up standoff between states from the border showdown. How much worse will it be in 10 months?

    • @zeppoEnglish
      2•10 months ago

      Okay, sure: Biden was shitty on the train worker labor union. Biden should tell Israel to wrap it up, stuff it and they have enough weapons already. Oh shit, I just got kicked out of my ‘cult’.

      Trump ALREADY lost the popular vote by 10% in real life. He actually won with 77,000 votes in 3 states and somehow this amazing revolution you’re envisioning didn’t materialize.

      • queermunist she/her
        -7•10 months ago

        Trump ALREADY lost the popular vote by 10% in real life. He actually won with 77,000 votes in 3 states and somehow this amazing revolution you’re envisioning didn’t materialize.

        No, he won with 46.1% of the popular vote. Even then, his tenure saw the largest protests in American history. That’s not a coincidence.

        Please don’t put words in my mouth about revolution, though. That’s not how revolutions happen. That’s how reactionary protest coups happen that can cause countries to collapse. That’s really not going to be good for anyone actually living in America.

        • @zeppoEnglish
          1•10 months ago

          I’m sure you can understand the distinction between losing the popular vote, winning the electoral college, and winning the election.

          Yes, we had major demonstrations - about police and racism, not Trump. Hope that helps.

          • queermunist she/her
            -5•10 months ago

            And I’m sure you understand he literally didn’t become president while losing 10% of the popular vote, which is what you said. He lost the popular vote by 3.9% and that’s vastly different.

            And police racism wasn’t solved, so guess what’s going to happen when the guy who oversaw these protests is president again?