Homelessness on the rise in America

Homelessness in America is at a record high with more than 770,000 unhoused Americans in 2024. Shelter service agencies say the number of working homeless is growing too. It's a symptom of what's being called "the affordability crisis." Brian Goldstone, author of "There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America," discusses the issue.

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[Le_Curé]

When people talk about the homeless, they only count those living on the streets or in shelters. If we count the "hidden homeless", the couch surfers who cannot afford a place of their own so they have to stay with friends or relatives, the problem is many times worse.

[ghostwerkz]

NO ONE can afford rent and that's the major problem

[ianashby]

He forgot to mention that being a first responder in many areas is a minimum wage job.

[whereisjustice]

This is the sign Great Depression 2.0.

[chrisaycock]

And as wealth inequality worsens it'll get worse.

[Grassy-urjx]

Ive been homeless for years and this is the first time I have fully accepted it. I did so because I have never seen so many people from all walks of life become homeless this quickly.

[Mackenzieadventures]

7 trillion spent on wars overseas. Imagine if we used that money to help people. Inflation is killing this country.

[FM-kidl]

America demise started with "Reaganomics" when the power shifted from people to corporations😮

[PDS]

770, 000 homeless in America. That is a joke. That number is much bigger, at least 10 times that.

[azoreanprincesa]

Something needs to be done about this ASAP. People are rotting away on the streets. It looks like an apocalypse.

[KM-emme]

Those numbers arent even close. California alone has 1 million people living without a permanent residence, whether it be in tents, cars, vans, rvs, motels, shelters, campsites, you name it.

[TheChicagoJunkie]

Can we finally admit that blaming this on the individual is getting us nowhere and it's time for a revolution??

[massdistractions]

I know people that work very hard and are homeless. Just look at the cost of a simple apartment, outrageous prices just to rent a place.

[Yormsane]

Millions of us are trapped between stagnant wages and the greed of landlords, and our elected politicians simply don't care.

[CowboyConan]

771, 000 homeless in a country with 2.25 million active Airbnb listings. May the housing market plummet.

[queenejames]

Thanks for making Earth Unaffordable in my lifetime.

[truegrit]

Ah yes - but billionaires need a tax cut. Stop being so selfish!

[robertgreene]

well yeah, with rent going up everywhere, plus a house too exspensive, what' the heck do you expect live in car/ on street. we are a greedy pathetic nation.

[irwinjimenez]

Rising costs of everything is causing this.

[eddieg]

Apparently at Disneyland in California, there are “cast members” employees who are living in their CAR.