As fewer people remain able to afford rent in big cities, more leave those cities for cheaper regions, or simply fall out of the housing market and into homelessness. Think tanks and activist groups are thinking outside the box with solutions.
If you’re old, poor, and African American or Hispanic-Latinx, your chances of infection are especially high and odds of survival significantly lower. The economic downturn could drive the number of homeless to 800,000, an increase of 40% to 45%.
The purpose of the encampments is to house people, but to also create a space where “they are treated with dignity, like they have the right to exist.”
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Record numbers of Americans have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic, but rent is still due. Hasan investigates the impending eviction crisis.
"These people are not socially distancing. It’s just not possible for them. Every day that it doesn’t happen, the problem gets worse.”
In the past week alone, the Puerto Rico Seismic Network registered 43 “significant” quakes, leaving many people fearful of going home. More than 8,000 houses have been damaged. Months after the first earthquake, thousands are still homeless.
Federal aid is unlikely to come from an administration hell-bent on criminalizing the homeless and encouraging police agencies to arrest them for minor offenses.
On a federal and local level, candidates have bold plans for tackling affordability and equity
In cities where people are desperate for housing, why are there still empty properties?
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