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Why housing shortages cause homelessness - Works in Progress

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Why do high-cost cities have more homelessness? It's not just about rents — it’s also about the rooms friends and family can’t afford to share.

Diona’s mom gave her one week’s notice. There were too many kids and too little space. If 17-year-old Diona didn’t find someone to stay with, she would be forced to check herself and her 3-month-old son into a homeless shelter. Because she was a minor, doing so would put her baby ‘into the system’. She was determined not to let that happen. She found a family willing to take her in through a Christian group at her high school. There, she shared a bedroom with her own baby and a bathroom with three other children. There wasn’t enough privacy. She stayed three months with them, and then three mo

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