Federal officials say the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country.

The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, federal officials said Friday.

  • mercphilby
    311·
    3 days ago

    “I want to be mad at integers, not percentages”

    • foggy@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 days ago

      If 10 people were homeless that’s less than 2 new homeless people.

      If 10m are homeless, that’s close to 2m new homeless.

      • mercphilby
        43·
        3 days ago

        There are integers in the article…………