How to Fix America's Worsening Homeless Crisis

half a million if you don't count people living in vehicles

The homeless problem in the States is in another level. I've traveled all over Asia and Europe and I've not seen anything like this.

Half a million my behind. Nobody knows the exact number but there are more homeless people than that.

We spend trillions on war but can't build sections in cities to house and rebuild people yet private prisons pop up like pimples 🤔

Frankly speaking, I am surprised to learn that more than 0.5 million people are homeless in entire America. I thought that number was just was for California alone.

SF: "homelessness is terrible" Also SF: "you can't build more housing in my neighborhood"

Imagine living in a country that has AMPLE spacing and who's economy literally rides the back of real estate, but can't house upwards of 50 million of its citizens (homeless, living in cars, couch-surfing, COVID rent victims, etc.)

Given that most homeless have no or minimal exposure to the system I would not be surprised to find that the real number of homeless people is double the official figure.

This video taught us nothing on how to fix the homeless crisis. No one has a real answer to fix this issue yet.

I remember westerners touring Asian slums, countries to see poor, homeless people. Now they need not go that far.

does no one see the irony in bloomberg schooling us on how to fix homelessness

"If you are homeless, just buy a home." - intelligent ticktocker

In Vienna, the government builds affordable housing for low income people and your rent is based on your income.

What about that guy that built a lot of tiny homes and the government tore it down.

shoutout to founder of invisible people. that dude has taught me more about life than anyone

Divert some of that ridiculously huge defense budget to provide top-notch education, affordable housing and universal healthcare.

It is really sad. But this short video failed to address 3 main problems in the West: 1. Highly inflated house price. Three years ago with $950/month you are in a room sharing with 4-6 people in San Francisco (A Lyft driver told me he knew a professor who is teaching but is homeless because his salary cannot afford the rent) 2. Opioid crisis (people become addicted out of their will because of strong pain killer that was widely used among the US practitioners) 3. High health costs - the health providers charge health insurance extremely high. I saw a few bills from my relatives when I visited them, if they don’t have insurance from their work I have no idea how they could afford basic health care. (Nearly $2000 for just cleaning and filling a teeth, 4 day hospitalized was nearly $35k). With these 3 main problems, Imagine just a shock in your life can cost you homeless easily.

OK, seven minutes into this conversation telling me what I knew already. So you have 4 min left to "fix the homeless problem". Let's hear it.

Imagine being a first world country with a population of 300+ million of potential labor force workers and 59% of them are 1 paycheck away from being homeless! America is really a third world country with a Gucci belt on the top.

I am pretty sure housing is not the only problem... Some people even if thet have a house thet will struggle mantaining a job