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Homelessness surged 18% to a new record in 2024 amid a lack of affordable housing across the U.S. (www.cbsnews.com)

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

The economy is doing great!

[–] 0x01@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

When does homelessness become too much? 20% of the population? 50?

[–] hallettj@leminal.space 7 points 1 month ago

The figure in the article is 770,000 which is a bit over 0.2% of the population. They note that is an undercount. But I agree, the number has been way too high for way too long, and the rate of increase is very alarming.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Baby boomers are starting to hit retirement age and a lot of them are running out of retirement funds due to medical bills. Quite the conundrum.

[–] That_Devil_Girl@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Meanwhile, geriatric democrats are claiming the economy is doing great. They believed running on fixing infrastructure and offering electric vehicle tax rebates would get them reelected.