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
    -7•11 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•11 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•11 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?