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Honestly those calculations are always misleading in nature. There are 28 vacant units per homeless person in America, where are those 28 units, in what state a
by belval 3y ago
Honestly those calculations are always misleading in nature. There are 28 vacant units per homeless person in America, where are those 28 units, in what state are they? If housing in some abandoned part of Detroit was interesting then homeless people would not be pooling in Los Angeles.
It reminds me of the yearly "Jeff Bezos made 4 billions today" because Amazon had a good day or the (very Canadian) "Average Canadian is 100k in debt" (because they factor in mortgages). It's sensationalistic journalism that completely avoid any type of critical thinking because it's much easier to ignore all the rational explanations in the pursuit of clicks.
- bcrosby95 3y agoIIRC these numbers also include things like months that a unit sits empty while trying to rent it out.
- ianburrell 3y agoThose numbers always include houses vacant for any reason. Includes houses for sale, that need to be tourable, and houses that sold, that about to be occupied by new owners. Same applies for houses for rent.