There are more homeless people than vacant homes in America.
There are more vacant homes in the U.S. than there are homeless people, according to Amnesty International USA. There are 8 million vacant homes in America. There are 3 million homeless people. Since 2007, banks have shuttered about 8 million American houses, almost doubling the previous number, while 3 million homeless shivers in the cold. Experts expect 8 million to 10 million more foreclosures in the years ahead
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Lorna Lake
So, in very simple terms, why are there any homeless people? Same thing applies here in the UK .. there's no need for anyone to be be homeless .. all down to finance .. international shame.
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Jan 17, 2018 11:39AM

Jakob Gerber
I live in San Francisco. True story. About two years ago I was taking Lyft to get to my destination. The car was possibly five years old at most. As my ride was quite long, and no other passengers, I had the chance to talk to the driver ( female around thirty years old ) . I had to put something in the trunk, and noticed a sleeping bag ,and backpack. As the ride progressed the conversation got personal. She was homeless . She started her day,everyday , at five AM ,and generally finished around nine PM . I offered to give her a room for the night, she was reluctant, but came about. She arrived at my place around nine thirty . I had fresh towels so she could shower ( she said she would wash up every morning in a Starbucks or gas station ) , I fed her ,gave her a couple of sweaters to keep ,as it was very cold and damp outside . She ate like she hadn’t had a decent meal in a week. She didn’t want to accept anything ,and she was sincere about that . I learned a lot that evening . Too long to get into, but the point being there are many homeless people that are there as a recipient of circumstance. It’s terrible . I tried to give her clothes ,and money to eat, she would accept neither. She did tell me she was not the only driver living in her car ,and she was not some anomaly. I didn’t see her in the morning as she had to rise at 4:30 to start picking up the tech people at 5:00 AM. My daughter is one of those tech people ,about the same age as this woman. What separates them is about $225,000.00 a year .
Before you cast the stigma shadow on ALL of the homeless people , do yourselves a favour ,and speak to some of these people ,and get their backstory. What I saw absolutely blew my mind . Life is indeed not fair ... Ps. This woman had a child staying with her mother during this time .
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Nov 21, 2018 5:15PM

jmw
So. Give homeless people homes.
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Jan 26, 2018 1:54PM

Publicola
George Soffa, I don't mind your political commentary. In fact, I agree with much of it. But could you show a little maturity? Instead of making up foolish names, just call them Republicans. Perhaps then we'd all pay more attention to what you say.
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Jan 28, 2018 9:15AM

Eric Brown
Sad but true. Some people think the owners of the empty homes should let the homeless live in those empty home. Sounds good until you realize that the owners of those homes are in business either renting or selling those homes. Plus running a home (heating, lighting, water, & maintenance) all costs someone one money. If you say the government should pay for it, remember where the government gets it's money as well as it track record on spending the money it gets....... BTW this is not about party politics but rather bureaucracy in action.
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Jan 28, 2018 8:54PM

DHL
Sad, but true.
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Jan 16, 2017 5:26PM

T.j. O'Connor
It seems like a simple solution, just give those people the homes. Obviously if you think that way than you are simple. These people that own these properties are in business to make money and the last thing they will do is just allow people to live there for free. Capitalism, sad but true.
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Jan 28, 2018 10:06AM

Jerry Heitzman
The answer has to be a guess!
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Oct 26, 2020 5:25PM

jimsclads
Homeless due to either not wanting to pay hyper-bill$, or evading life through drug usage, or inability to work due to physical or mental disability?
It could be from inappropriate social behavior
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Dec 29, 2019 1:09PM

markhammondwebster
Do not know if that is true today.
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Oct 14, 2019 6:11PM

robert karel
Better check those vacant homes again!
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Dec 16, 2018 1:48PM

robert karel
Lawrence M Peltier, duh!
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Dec 16, 2018 1:46PM

Lawrence M Peltier
But still theres more greed than homlessness
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Dec 16, 2018 10:47AM

Lawrence M Peltier
They probably dont have jobs to support the house.taxes,ins,and up keep.
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Dec 16, 2018 10:45AM

vinnie
Jakob Gerber, thank you for writing your
comment! I've had similar experiences and changed my thinking on this subject
accordingly!
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Dec 16, 2018 4:16AM

papacorndog
Keep hiking interest rates and real estate may become affordable soon enough.
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Dec 15, 2018 11:00PM

papacorndog
Dallas Preuitt Boyer, it's called a trailer court.
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Dec 15, 2018 10:58PM

Caroline Cannon
Got that wrong. I thought there were more homeless in the USA.
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Dec 15, 2018 10:35PM

Dallas Preuitt Boyer
Lorna Lake, the homeless cannot afford these homes and the people who own them have a substantial investment in the properties. You cannot expect people to just give their homes, vacant or not, to a homeless person. Tiny home communities that require a small rent and a job to obtain seems like a good idea to me.
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Dec 15, 2018 4:24PM

Nadin
They homeless because they have no job, they cant afford the home. Homes are not free in America.
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Nov 21, 2018 3:21AM

Sheldon Delph
I answered all questions correctly, but the score bar showed that none were correct, and no score was given. Why?
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