☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agoThe U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down10cross-posted to: us_news@lemmygrad.mlusa
arrow-up1212arrow-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 ☆ to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square48fedilinkcross-posted to: us_news@lemmygrad.mlusa
minus-squareCyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up82·7 days agoI assume that number doesn’t cover people living in cars, hotels, and couch-surfing?
minus-squareLemister [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 days agoDe facto homelessness amongst the precariat is probably much higher
minus-squareRION [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·7 days agoAccording to HUD It’s only measuring those in “shelters, temporary housing, and unsheltered settings”
minus-squareCyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·7 days agoAnd even those metrics are most likely underestimated
minus-squareSulvor [he/him, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·7 days agoYeah this number is probably vastly undercounting, which is to be expected for this sort of thing.
minus-squarecopandballtorture [ey/em]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·7 days 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-up42·7 days agoAnd anyone not literally counted by the census takers I assume.
minus-squarekeepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 days 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
I assume that number doesn’t cover people living in cars, hotels, and couch-surfing?
De facto homelessness amongst the precariat is probably much higher
According to HUD It’s only measuring those in “shelters, temporary housing, and unsheltered settings”
And even those metrics are most likely underestimated
Yeah this number is probably vastly undercounting, which is to be expected for this sort of thing.
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