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minus-square@[email protected]Mlinkfedilink44•4 months agoAlso a good time to remember that 7% of homes in the USA are vacant right now. How many people could we house if we tried a little harder?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink40•4 months agoand its crazy because in some large cities like San Jose, which appears to have about 12,000 vacant homes while it has about 9000 unhoused people. There are literally more empty homes than there are homeless people in the city.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•4 months agoI’ve always wondered about the state of those vacant homes. But yeah - a roof is a roof
Also a good time to remember that 7% of homes in the USA are vacant right now.
How many people could we house if we tried a little harder?
“But muh investment!”
and its crazy because in some large cities like San Jose, which appears to have about 12,000 vacant homes while it has about 9000 unhoused people. There are literally more empty homes than there are homeless people in the city.
Priorities are the damnedest thing
I’ve always wondered about the state of those vacant homes.
But yeah - a roof is a roof