In the past three years, Massachusetts has allocated $3 billion for the emergency shelter system but didn’t build a single home and homelessness increased from 14,000 in 2021 to 29,000 in 2024. Most of the money went to grossly overpriced $10,000 per month hotel rooms, and government and non profit salaries instead of building long-term housing.
Generally, when the government “fights” homelessness a lot of people make money and the problem not only never goes away, it generally gets worse. In total, government spending on anti-poverty initiatives across federal, state, and local levels exceeded $1.8 trillion annually as of 2021. Between 2020 and 2024, the United States experienced a significant increase in homelessness, reaching record levels. Below is a year-by-year overview of the estimated number of people experiencing homelessness during this period:
YearEstimated Homeless PopulationPercentage Increase from Previous Year…