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.

  • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    84·
    11 months ago

    ‘defund the police’ and ‘abolish the police’ were very poorly slogans which scared off more people than they attracted.

    US Liberals are a LOT closer to leftists than Republicans are… that’s the entire point. Generally they support socialized healthcare, labor unions, worker protections, consumer protection, social safety nets, helping people in need, police reform and many other topics leftists support, while conservatives oppose every single one of those.

    Criticize Biden all you want but if it helps get Trump elected, good job I guess.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
      411·
      11 months ago

      ‘defund the police’ and ‘abolish the police’ were very poorly slogans which scared off more people than they attracted.

      I want my enemies to be scared.

      • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        43·
        11 months ago

        You missed the point by a mile. Your slogan is supposed to attract people who would support the policy changes you want, not your ‘enemies’. Saying ‘abolish’ and ‘defund’ didn’t attract the centrists and moderates you’d need to enact changes, which is why ‘reform’ was actually a better choice.