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Record number of Americans are homeless amid nationwide surge in rent, report finds

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Rents over the last two decades have risen much faster than employee pay, contributing to an escalating homelessness crisis in the U.S.

Record number of Americans are homeless amid nationwide surge in rent, report finds

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.

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  • A cult of what? I'm just criticizing Biden! You seem to think the president is powerless and nothing that has gone wrong is his fault.

    Is there literally anything you would criticize him for?

    • Not to you. Because you are Trump's nuts and are a sad excuse for an American.

      • So you're hostile to outsiders and blindly support Blue Leader no matter what?

        Remember, I never told anyone how to vote. If someone wants to vote for Biden that is their business and I completely understand it. You, on the other hand, attack anyone who even criticizes Biden.

        Sounds like I'm not the one in a cult. Good luck Blue MAGA

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