- cross-posted to:
- housing_bubble_2@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- housing_bubble_2@lemmy.world
Based on currently available numbers, there are about 31 vacant housing units for every homeless person in the U.S.
Based on currently available numbers, there are about 31 vacant housing units for every homeless person in the U.S.
Important note here: the US homeless count is woefully inadequate to actually get a realistic number. They use the PIT count, which is a
So if you’re unsheltered and not spotted, or manage to sleep with a friend because it’s fucking freezing, or your shelter is not official, or maybe you’re homeless from March to Oktober, or any of a hundred other reasons, you’re not getting counted.
The actual problem is MUCH bigger than the official numbers make it look.
That doesn’t mean there aren’t still way more empty homes than homeless, just that there are more homeless.
Is the problem 30x worse than it looks? Cus, it’d still be covered then…
Not to mention that there are homeless couples and families that would share a house.
I fucking hope not.