A new report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development affirms the obvious: ripping away pandemic-era welfare amid inflation and a housing affordability crisis was a complete disaster. The result: homelessness in the US is at a record high.
  • FundMECFSResearchOP
    16·
    1 day ago

    I doubt the stimulus checks are the only thing included in the pandemic assistance category.

    HUD attributes this to many factors, including: a lack of affordable housing, inflation, stagnating wages, systemic racism, public health crises, natural disasters, immigration, and the end of pandemic welfare programs. But the report makes clear that ending pandemic welfareduring an inflationary bout and affordable housing crisis was a particularly devastating combination.

    • Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      1 day ago

      I lost my job cooking during covid.

      State unemployment was boosted for covid.

      I assume this fits in this catagory.

      I made the most $$/week during covid, then the entire rest of my 23 working years.

      Was basically 2x my normal pay rate as a Line Cook.

      This was after my brother and father died and I realized everything’s a cruel joke 🙃.

      motion’s at current reality.

      • FundMECFSResearchOP
        15·
        1 day ago

        The rise described in the article starts in 2022. I wouldn’t call that two years later than October 2021.

        • Snot FlickermanEnglish
          12·
          1 day ago

          Especially because eviction courts take time. It’s actually not a very fast process.