Homelessness rises faster where rent exceeds a third of income (2018)

Re:Homelessness rises faster where rent exceeds a third of i... by new_realist on Monday January 03, 2022 @01:28PM (#29784285)

More housing decreases homelessness in the short term, but not in the long term. Humans breed and will always reproduce to fill all available habitat, like any animal.

Building more housing reduces homelessness like building more highways reduces traffic.

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Re:Homelessness rises faster where rent exceeds a third of i... by n8cpdx on Monday January 03, 2022 @01:33PM (#29784364)

This is wrong. In the west, and much of the developing world now, reproduction is below replacement rate.

https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/fert...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/business/china-birth-rate...

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Re:Homelessness rises faster where rent exceeds a third of i... by thehappypm on Monday January 03, 2022 @01:31PM (#29784327)

There are empty cities in China and cheap empty houses all over the Midwest.

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Re:Homelessness rises faster where rent exceeds a third of i... by cheriot on Monday January 03, 2022 @01:42PM (#29784516)

People living in urban areas have fewer kids than rural families. Malthusianism has long since been debunked.

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