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Housing Precarity and the Sociology of Homelessness as Structural Failure
Quick fact
Countries with weaker social safety nets have significantly higher rates of homelessness: the U.S., with less housing support, has over 50 homeless per 100,000 people, while Japan, with more social housing, has fewer than 5.
Why this is interesting
You've heard that homelessness is caused by personal failure—but what if the real problem is the structure of our housing system? Why do some cities with high housing costs also have more homelessness?