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.

  • @Harbinger01173430
    7•10 months ago

    And here I am…just earning some nine hundred dollars a month u.u wish me luck!

    • @remer
      6•10 months ago

      Bro. What are you doing here? You should be out there hustling. I turned down a $10 million inheritance so I can stay hungry. Hustle is life bro

      • @UsernameIsTooLon
        5•10 months ago

        Bro, I quit my 9-5 to become homeless and hustle every waking second of my life. Hustle is life.

      • @Harbinger01173430
        3•10 months ago

        Can’t. Hustling is informal in my country and has no benefits :') the amount i get is like, triple the minimum wage but still feels like garbage :(