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> western homeless crisis Haven't really heard about this crisis. Are you referring to the US?
by kalaksi 11mo ago
> western homeless crisis
Haven't really heard about this crisis. Are you referring to the US?
- SpecialistK 11mo agoThe US and Canada (and to some extent elsewhere) have been experiencing a lot of homelessness and open air drug use due to fentanyl, housing unaffordability, and "community" mental health treatment rather than "mental hospitals."
- arjie 11mo agoThis is primarily an anglophone board so they are (perhaps inaccurately) referring to the Anglosphere which has far worse housing performance than elsewhere https://www.ft.com/content/dca3f034-bfe8-4f21-bcdc-2b274053f0b5 https://www.ft.com/content/dca3f034-bfe8-4f21-bcdc-2b274053f...
- card_zero 11mo agoGlobal, I guess. It has a wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_crisis There's specific pages for some individual countries, too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_crisis_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_crisis_in_the_United_S... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_housing_in_Canada#Affordability_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_housing_in_Canada#A...
- purple_turtle 11mo agoThis one is about housing crisis, not "western homeless crisis". At least in Europe it is not (yet?) causing very large scale of homelessness problem.
- vladms 11mo agoI find the name "housing crisis" misleading, because if I look at average floor area per capita, I think we should call this "expectations changed faster than buildings". For example https://doi.org/10.2908/ILC_HCMH01 https://doi.org/10.2908/ILC_HCMH01 (variation between 43 to 141).
- pixl97 11mo agoI'd say it's a bit more complex as you have to deal with capital financing and a number of regulations like parking in cities that lead to issues.
- ernst_klim 11mo agoBerlin, London, Amsterdam, Stockholm all have it.
- dmix 11mo agoUS, Canada, Australia[1], Ireland [2], and many other places. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vg923vkdko https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vg923vkdko [2] https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2025/03/22/all-the-obstacles-in-front-of-us-why-is-there-such-a-shortage-of-homes-to-buy-and-rent-in-ireland/ https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2025/03/...