Truthout - According to PBS, people over age 50 currently comprise approximately 50 percent of the unhoused population, up from 37 percent in 2003 and 11 percent in 1990. Even more dramatic, projections posit that the number of homeless people over age 65 will triple by 2030 in major U.S. cities like Boston, Los Angeles and New York. There are multiple reasons for this unprecedented spike, among them: skyrocketing rents, the end of the COVID-19 eviction moratorium, ageism, a weak social safety net, an insufficient supply of affordable housing and soaring medical debt.
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