Sure, homelessness is a fantastically complex problem, but you could address every aspect of it - addiction, mental illness, joblessness - and millions of people would *still* be homeless, because there aren't enough homes for them to live in:
https://headgum.com/factually-with-adam-conover/myths-about-homeless-people-with-dr-margot-kushel
70% of all inflation in 2024 came from the cost of housing; a quarter of *that* came from illegal collusive behavior by landlords to hike rents:
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/up-to-a-quarter-of-rental-inflation
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Cory Doctorow
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