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minus-square vzq ( @vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilink9•5 months agoIs this factually, verifiably true? I figured there would be empty houses (friction etc) but one for every twenty persons sounds like a lot.
minus-square LinkOpensChest.wav ( @LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) OPlinkfedilink17•5 months agoThe most recent data from the National Alliance to End Homelessness puts the number of homeless people at 552,830. There are more than 17 million vacant homes across the U.S., according to the Census Bureau
minus-square Nate Cox ( @natecox@programming.dev ) linkfedilinkEnglish10•5 months agoCalling that claim “false” is deeply unsatisfying when the actual ratio of empty houses to homeless people is worse than the stated one.
minus-square LinkOpensChest.wav ( @LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) OPlinkfedilink8•5 months agoRight? It’s false because it’s even worse than previously stated. Hopefully people will pick up on that.
minus-square sunbather ( @sunbather@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink1•5 months agoit does indeed make one wonder seeing as the 17mil figure is from 2019 and with Everything thats happened since then its bound to have changed
minus-square LinkOpensChest.wav ( @LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) OPlinkfedilink1•5 months agoIt’s almost certainly even worse now.
minus-square Match!! ( @match@pawb.social ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months ago*Twenty for every one persons
minus-square vzq ( @vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilink2•5 months agoTotal persons in the US, not homeless persons.
Is this factually, verifiably true? I figured there would be empty houses (friction etc) but one for every twenty persons sounds like a lot.
The most recent data from the National Alliance to End Homelessness puts the number of homeless people at 552,830. There are more than 17 million vacant homes across the U.S., according to the Census Bureau
Calling that claim “false” is deeply unsatisfying when the actual ratio of empty houses to homeless people is worse than the stated one.
Right? It’s false because it’s even worse than previously stated. Hopefully people will pick up on that.
it does indeed make one wonder seeing as the 17mil figure is from 2019 and with Everything thats happened since then its bound to have changed
It’s almost certainly even worse now.
*Twenty for every one persons
Total persons in the US, not homeless persons.