bannock-and-biopolitics:

foxy-mulder:

iwriteaboutfeminism:

What most people think causes homelessness:

• Poor money management

What actually causes homelessness:

• transphobia
• a racist criminal justice system
• the ‘war on drugs’
• health care and insurance costs
• the current federal minimum wage
• bankers being dicks
• no federal law protecting paid parental leave
• etc…

• mental illness stigma + lack of resources

– Real Estate becoming more and more inclined towards rich people quickly buying-and-selling (aka shadow flipping) houses in order to make exorbitant amounts of money and creating situations where empty houses are rampant in cities where homelessness is at record highs
– Landlords being bullies

Someone has to say it – DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Both spousal abuse and child abuse lead to homelessness. A large percentage of women and juveniles sleeping rough came from violent homes. And by violent, I mean all forms of violence – physical, sexual and emotional brutality.