America’s Homelessness Crisis Is Worse Than Ever

Use code LEEJA50 to get 50% OFF First Box and free wellness shots for life with any active subscription at https://bit.ly/3lJJNlZ! | The housing crisis in the United States has reached a tipping point. And instead of helping unhoused people and fixing a broken system, cities and governments are turning to draconian measures to criminalize homelessness and make the lived environment more hostile to homeless people through hostile architecture. This isn’t the solution.

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Chapters:
0:00 – 3:05 Intro
3:06 – 6:41 Grants Pass v Johnson
6:42 – 11:31 Current stats
11:32 – 13:07 Criminalization of homelessness at the state level
13:08 – 15:51 – Ronald F*cking Reagan
15:52 – 19:03 – No affordable housing
19:04 – 22:41 – Local governments punishing the homeless
22:42 – 25:14 – Hostile architecture and banning food sharing
25:16 – 29:52 – Government bad actors
29:53 – 34:59 – Solutions

Written by Leeja Miller