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While it's true that there are more houses empty than homeless people, many of the empty houses are in disrepair, vacation homes, or just temporarily vacant bet
by erehweb 5y ago
While it's true that there are more houses empty than homeless people, many of the empty houses are in disrepair, vacation homes, or just temporarily vacant between owners / renters. See https://someunpleasant.substack.com/p/three-factoids-that-arent-quite-right https://someunpleasant.substack.com/p/three-factoids-that-ar... for some more details.
- throwaway2048 5y agoI mean yes, presumably the houses aren't empty for absolutely no reason whatsoever
- missedthecue 5y agoIf it's not possible to house homeless people in them, the factoid is completely uninsightful
- throwaway2048 5y agoIts only not possible because the system prevents it, which is exactly the point being made.