☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agoThe U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down10
arrow-up1213arrow-down1external-linkThe U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.apnews.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareCyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up82·3 months agoI assume that number doesn’t cover people living in cars, hotels, and couch-surfing?
minus-squareRION [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72·3 months agoAccording to HUD It’s only measuring those in “shelters, temporary housing, and unsheltered settings”
minus-squareCyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·3 months agoAnd even those metrics are most likely underestimated
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minus-squarecopandballtorture [ey/em]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·3 months ago does not include those staying with friends or family because they do not have a place of their own
minus-squarebbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·3 months agoAnd anyone not literally counted by the census takers I assume.
minus-squarekeepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoLocally, sleeping rough means you don’t have a car, not couch surfing etc. When I say homeless, people assume I have a car for some reason
minus-squareLemister [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoDe facto homelessness amongst the precariat is probably much higher
I assume that number doesn’t cover people living in cars, hotels, and couch-surfing?
According to HUD It’s only measuring those in “shelters, temporary housing, and unsheltered settings”
And even those metrics are most likely underestimated
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And anyone not literally counted by the census takers I assume.
pretty sure it doesn’t
Locally, sleeping rough means you don’t have a car, not couch surfing etc. When I say homeless, people assume I have a car for some reason
De facto homelessness amongst the precariat is probably much higher