Soaring rents, rental displacement, homelessness, housing affordability, and gentrification are high on the agenda this June 2 Primary.
As cities everywhere brace for next year’s cuts to anti-poverty programs and rising cost-of-living pressure, ongoing homeless encampments have communities calling for more shelters, more transitional housing, and increased supportive services.
Last year’s Point In Time count shows almost 58% of the newly unhoused are experiencing homelessness for the very first time, with Black residents making up 34% of the counted homeless population…