OMG. The City of Atlanta crushed a homeless man to death with one of its bulldozers as the city attempted to clear a homeless encampment ahead of MLK Day celebrations scheduled for Monday. They didn’t check to see if anyone was in the tents. Welcome to Hellscape America. pic.twitter.com/OffmivfZD3
— Prof Zenkus (@anthonyzenkus) January 18, 2025
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BREAKING: The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.
BREAKING: The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless. https://t.co/PgHEyX8eVu
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 27, 2024
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Almost 600,000 Americans are sleeping out on our streets.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 2, 2025
Millions of people in this country are paying as much as 60% of their limited income on housing.
We must invest in low-income and affordable housing. Now. pic.twitter.com/7JL4skmMaW
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We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
— ProPublica (@propublica) December 29, 2024
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote. https://t.co/qullOr6Dhm pic.twitter.com/GGDxTN5kpC
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside, even if shelter space is lacking.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside, even if shelter space is lacking. https://t.co/1b2LmXTBfR
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 28, 2024
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The homeless will be rounded up by police and used as a slave labor force in the prisons and local jails INDEFINITELY as they cannot make bail. https://t.co/mlRsHnVKg5
— Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH (@GeauxGabrielle) June 28, 2024
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Housing is 80% more expensive now just 4 years ago
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) June 28, 2024
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78% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck
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Being homeless is now a crime
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Modern prison slave labor for the prison industrial complex now officially sanctioned by SCOTUS https://t.co/MmYL4F2fz6
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 25, 2024
Results showed that close to half of the participants secured housing, and nearly $600K saved in public service costs due to fewer ER visits & jail stays. They also saw improved mental healthhttps://t.co/Qawc4bua79
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Capitalism will never solve homelessness. https://t.co/enyHRJmWGs pic.twitter.com/EGEy80q4ta
— Read Let This Radicalize You (@JoshuaPHilll) June 28, 2024
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So far this term, SCOTUS said it’s okay to bribe public officials, homelessness is a crime, & federal agencies don’t have the power to protect you from dangers like air pollution.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) June 28, 2024
They haven’t even ruled on presidential immunity.
The absurdity of this court is on full display.
“Much of this case is rooted in the idea that if we punish people, they’ll choose not to be homeless, and nothing could be further from the truth.” The Supreme Court could decide whether or not being homeless is a crime.
Remember that every measure done to make sure homeless people never have a second of comfort or relief just ends up making society worse for everyone. They’re on the way to making it impossible to sit ANYWHERE except in your own home. https://t.co/322MfrTsPA
— the neighborhood froot 🍊🍇🍒🍓 (@JoeyxRoss) April 3, 2024
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What if, and hear me out, we used technology like AI to advance our society in such a way that everyone had housing? pic.twitter.com/UXQVJZYaWL
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) March 26, 2024
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“Much of this case is rooted in the idea that if we punish people, they’ll choose not to be homeless, and nothing could be further from the truth.”
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 26, 2024
The Supreme Court could decide whether or not being homeless is a crime. https://t.co/q0CRAc9PfF
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The Supreme Court wrapped up oral arguments and has now turned to rolling out decisions in some of the most consequential cases of the year. Those decisions will shape policies nationwide on divisive issues like homelessness and reproductive rights. https://t.co/qF5NcnObsv
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) May 3, 2024
The number of people experiencing chronic homelessness in the U.S. continued to climb in 2023, hitting the highest level for the second year.
BREAKING: US homelessness up 12% to highest reported level as rents soar and coronavirus pandemic aid lapses https://t.co/TwzppX5U8x
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 15, 2023
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“For every $100 in average rent increases, there is a 9% spike in homelessness. Homeless persons’ median income the month before they became unhoused was $960. With income that low, it can quickly become impossible to afford market-rate rent.” @FranQuigleyhttps://t.co/BpHX3UvTAG
— Wyatt Gordon (@yitgordon) January 2, 2024
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The majority of the United States is one paycheck away from homelessness. Have grace for others. https://t.co/zshF4xKMpi
— Felipe (@Dr_Delusional) December 28, 2023
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On today’s @washingtonpost A1, you’ll find my latest story: an inside look at a well-funded effort on the political right to target, vilify, and defund a key piece of the social safety net, the “housing first” approach to homelessness 1/x pic.twitter.com/oGMPU6PxrQ
— Kyle Swenson (@kyletalking) January 2, 2024
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The number of people experiencing chronic homelessness in the U.S. continued to climb in 2023, hitting the highest level for the second year. https://t.co/afJF3JjSlR
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) January 2, 2024
Landlords are going on a capital strike, holding thousands of units vacant while homelessness reaches Great Depression era levels. Clearly a profit driven system will never solve the housing crisis. We need social housing and tenant control.
Also follow @brian_goldstone on housing and homelessness and read everything he writes https://t.co/c17IF2aHt2
— Dr. Thrasher (@thrasherxy) October 15, 2022
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There are folks who are experiencing homelessness and have a job. Having a job is not some magical title that makes everyone upper-middle class. Telling our unhoused neighbours to “just get a job” is ridiculous.
— Ahmed Ali (@MrAhmednurAli) October 20, 2022
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There are 61,000 SF housing units, rentals included, that are sitting empty on any given day for one of a variety of reasons, and putting even a fraction of these into service as supportive housing would solve homelessness in the city overnight. https://t.co/Uc3L0owoNP
— SFist (@SFist) October 20, 2022
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Landlords are going on a capital strike, holding thousands of units vacant while homelessness reaches Great Depression era levels.
— Sumathy Kumar (@Sumathy_Kumar_) October 19, 2022
Clearly a profit driven system will never solve the housing crisis.
We need social housing and tenant control. https://t.co/p7QgXrniIz
We have two options: – Universal housing -Homelessness There is one rational option and one extreme option. Allowing over 500,000 people to sleep on the streets tonight is extreme.
Anti-homeless architecture can take many forms and be tough to spot but it is a hidden fixture of cities and towns across the world 🌍 https://t.co/NnYWMZQYti
— The Big Issue (@BigIssue) September 17, 2022
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BREAKING NEWS: We’re suing @LondonBreed, @SFPD & the City of SF for their efforts to criminalize homelessness through an array of brutal policing practices that violate the constitutional rights of unhoused San Franciscans.
— Coalition on Homelessness (@TheCoalitionSF) September 28, 2022
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Homeless people and their advocates sued San Francisco, demanding that the city stop harassing and destroying the belongings of people living on the streets with nowhere to go. The plaintiffs are also pressing for action on affordable housing. https://t.co/egq35dwJ0V
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 28, 2022
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We have two options:
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) September 20, 2022
-Universal housing
-Homelessness
There is one rational option and one extreme option.
Allowing over 500,000 people to sleep on the streets tonight is extreme.
There are 28 empty homes for every homeless person in this country.
Irony is LGBTQ youth are among the most likely to be homeless https://t.co/gURNaaCBDJ
— Katelyn Burns (@transscribe) December 1, 2021
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Homeless man set on fire while asleep in San Francisco dies https://t.co/6SLoaYHR8j
— Fund the people. Disarm the police. (@glncv) October 14, 2021
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“Nearly half of Black voters in Los Angeles County have been homeless, have experienced housing insecurity in the past year or know someone who has — a significantly larger share than for other racial and ethnic groups, according to a new poll.”https://t.co/Ueu6HPV2V3
— Dr. Keisha N. Blain (@KeishaBlain) December 1, 2021
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There are 28 empty homes for every homeless person in this country. Not to mention all the empty buildings that aren’t classified as homes (empty retail, empty public buildings, etc).
— Rebecca Parson for Congress, WA-06 (@RebeccaforWA) December 8, 2021
Homelessness in America: I’m a human being
More than 50% of homeless families are black, government report finds – ABC News https://t.co/N1LOsQ9rRe
— glenn robinson (@glncv) January 25, 2020
Basic principle of Finland’s #housingfirst” program: give homeless people a place to live, without preconditions, then support them. Not the other way around. Interview with @JKaakinen, CEO of the Y-Foundation. https://t.co/e3mizD40KK
— CBCSundayEdition (@CBCSunday) January 25, 2020
More students are living in shelters, cars, motels and on the street than ever before: 1.5 million children experienced homelessness during the 2017-18 school year – an 11% increase over the previous school year and the highest number ever recorded. https://t.co/fI6JjhE5bB
— Lauren S. Camera (@laurenonthehill) January 30, 2020
It's estimated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development that it would cost $20 billion, or less than a 1% increase in annual US budget, to end homelessness in America and give people like Ronald Davis a real chance at getting back on their feet https://t.co/tIWJiRTzaZ
— Grant Berg (@berggrant) February 2, 2020
The amount of money cities spend on anti homeless architecture is much, much more than it would cost to provide everyone with housing..
deterrence of homeless seeking shelter from rain under bridges pic.twitter.com/tFN3Uwkbrv
— Garland 🌏🕊 Tulsi 🕊🌍 (@Inartica) December 24, 2019
The amount of money cities spend on anti homeless architecture is much, much more than it would cost to provide everyone with a house. They choose to punish the poorest people in our society not to save money but purely because they believe that homeless people deserve to suffer. https://t.co/SmtWdVwWZy
— Lapis🌹🦋 (@DegenerateThing) December 27, 2019
This infuriates my soul…can’t use the money to help the homeless so ya use it to build fucking SPIKES. Y’all really treat homeless people like dirt, yo. https://t.co/eESTRbA0So
— tori @ 2020 vision 👀 (@torimani_) December 27, 2019
homeless spikes gets the most results…also try homeless architecture. pic.twitter.com/MOkURLCuDL
— Garland 🌏🕊 Tulsi 🕊🌍 (@Inartica) December 24, 2019
"Anti-homeless" hostile architecture, a thread.
Toronto. These devices (left) keep homeless people from sleeping on the grates to avoid freezing to death (right). pic.twitter.com/3oxWOLRHJn
— Chad Loder (@chadloder) December 28, 2019
Calgary. @isaacazuelos documented the whimsical, brightly colored anti-homeless architecture in his neighborhood with the caption:
"When you’re inclusive but still hate the poor." pic.twitter.com/a6mXaakJvH
— Chad Loder (@chadloder) December 28, 2019
Los Angeles. The city calls these "arm-rests".
More homeless people die from hypothermia in Los Angeles than in New York or San Francisco. pic.twitter.com/GwgIHtTaDL
— Chad Loder (@chadloder) December 28, 2019