Homelessness Is Becoming A Crisis Of Epic Proportions In The United States

Can you imagine what your life would look like if you didn’t have a home? For millions of Americans, this isn’t something they need to imagine, because this is the reality they live in. Ever since health crisis’ restrictions were put into place - triggering the widespread shutdown of U.S. businesses - unemployment rates have soared. In fact, America has seen an unemployment rate higher than at any time in the country’s history, including the Great Depression. As a multitude of workers started to struggle with job loss, many of them simply became unable to afford rent or mortgage payments. Millions are still at the brink of eviction, while others already lost their homes. At this point, as the number of people without a home rapidly rose across the country, it has been hard to keep track of the real rate of homelessness. Recent estimates suggest that there are at least 1.5 million homeless people in the U.S., and over the past 12 months, even with the CDC’s moratorium, that number never ceased to grow. While t