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Re:LA has passed new restrictions on sleeping in cars and RVs by Splognosticus on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @02:27PM (#16979812)
> There are enough homes in the US, as far as I know.

1.8% of all homes in the U.S. are vacant[1], as compared to 0.17% of the population who are homeless.

[1] https://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/files/currenthvspress.pdf [2] https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2017-AHAR-P...

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Re:LA has passed new restrictions on sleeping in cars and RVs by jhbadger on Saturday May 05, 2018 @09:39AM (#17001743)
It's not like most vacant houses are perfectly fine though. These numbers presumably include the decaying abandoned houses in places like Detroit which were abandoned because people couldn't make a living there.
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