archive.today • More Americans Are Ending Up Homeless—at a Record Rate - WSJ
The data so far this year are up roughly 11% from 2022, a sharp jump that would represent by far the biggest recorded increase since the government started tracking comparable numbers in 2007. The next highest increase was a 2.7% jump in 2019, excluding an artificially high increase last year caused by pandemic counting interruptions.
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“The Covid-relief funds provided a buffer,” said Donald Whitehead Jr., executive director at the National Coalition for the Homeless, an advocacy group. “We’re seeing what happens when those resources aren’t available.”
It functions for affluent liberals that clink wine glasses together and congratulate each other for their "sorry, hate to break it to you, but bad things are good actually" editorials that shit on the poors.