As the US Government Reaches $34 Trillion Dollars in Debt, Homelessness in America Reaches Record High (650K reported)

Below excerpt article reported by Ludden. J. (2023, December 15). Homelessness in the U.S. hit a record high last year as pandemic aid ran out. NPR

”Homelessness in America spiked last year, reaching a record high, according to an annual count that provides a snapshot of one night in January. The report, released today by the department of Housing and Urban development, found more than 650,000 people were living in shelters or outside in tents or cars. That’s up a whopping 12% from the year before.”

“We simply don’t have enough homes that people can afford,” says Jeff Olivet, executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. “When you combine rapidly rising rent, that it just costs more per month for people to get into a place and keep a place, you get this vicious game of musical chairs.”

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