this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2023
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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

There is already an order of magnitude more unused housing than unhoused people- the problem is that the market is involved and that requires winners and losers.

That's why you have people dying of exposure in the richest country in the history of the world. God damn america.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

G-give....away? N-n-no money for me?? But money me, now. Money now. Money! House = money! Empty house, no money is ok, full house no money NOT OK!

CoMmUnIsM!!!

-Landleeches

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Land of the free. Free to sleep under any bridge that isn't spiked.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread."

-Anatole France

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Throw in unaddressed mental health and drug crises.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Not only that - they’re dying in the street immediately adjacent to vacant luxury condos.