- 24 Sep 2023 06:15
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Here's an opinion article that the current ongoing migrant crisis is going to make the U.S. housing crisis worse.
There already is not enough affordable housing in big U.S. cities. These migrants are going to end up taking the scarce affordable housing which still exists, which is going to end up resulting in the poorest Americans being kicked out into the streets. Or maybe they will have to move far away from everything and everyone they have ever known.
Migrant surge makes U.S. housing crisis worse, Caitlin Owens, Axios, September 23, 2023
- Homelessness in the U.S. had a record spike from 2022 to 2023
- Now, state and local officials are also scrambling to house thousands of migrants arriving from the border.
Chicago homeless advocates estimate the city has more than 68,000 unhoused people, in addition to nearly 9,500 migrants.
City officials tell Axios they expect migrant support efforts to cost more than a quarter of a billion dollars this year. Local advocates say that's more than they've ever seen deployed toward the local homeless population.
related thread: Housing crisis and unaffordable rent costs in Ireland, caused by immigration?
There already is not enough affordable housing in big U.S. cities. These migrants are going to end up taking the scarce affordable housing which still exists, which is going to end up resulting in the poorest Americans being kicked out into the streets. Or maybe they will have to move far away from everything and everyone they have ever known.
Migrant surge makes U.S. housing crisis worse, Caitlin Owens, Axios, September 23, 2023
- Homelessness in the U.S. had a record spike from 2022 to 2023
- Now, state and local officials are also scrambling to house thousands of migrants arriving from the border.
Chicago homeless advocates estimate the city has more than 68,000 unhoused people, in addition to nearly 9,500 migrants.
City officials tell Axios they expect migrant support efforts to cost more than a quarter of a billion dollars this year. Local advocates say that's more than they've ever seen deployed toward the local homeless population.
related thread: Housing crisis and unaffordable rent costs in Ireland, caused by immigration?