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There are 28 vacant homes for every person experiencing homelessness in the U.S. (unitedwaynca.org)

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[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh no we couldn't do that! What we're just going to do something Singapore already does, and has been shown to actually work?

[–] SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that coupled with public mental health care or? I can only image what a schizophrenic homeless person straight off the street could do to an apartment in a day or two.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Look at the average rent price vs average salary these days, "normal" people are now becoming homeless. I can't even imagine what people going through a divorce right now are going though.

Homelessness used to be *much *harder to slip into than it is now.

[–] SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I guess it depends on where you live. I can rent a 2 bed house for $550 within a 20 minute drive to a major state university. Although that small town kind of sucks, but cheap housing though!