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Salim Furth

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Economist, senior research fellow and director of the Urbanity project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, working on housing and land use.

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  1. Our reading

    The American cities with the highest housing prices have the worst homelessness, and that correlation is the strongest evidence the two are connected.

    Their wordsThe American cities with the highest housing prices have the worst homelessness problems.

    ↗From the vault: Why housing shortages cause homelessnessworksinprogress.news 1st of 2 in this piece

    Americahousing

    Interesting

  3. Our reading

    Expensive housing causes homelessness by shrinking the spare room friends and family can offer, not by pricing people out of apartments they were going to rent.

    Their wordsWhere housing costs are moderate, friends and family have bigger homes. When they are higher, friends and family don’t have space to share, and this is often what puts a vulnerable person onto the streets.

    ↗From the vault: Why housing shortages cause homelessnessworksinprogress.news 2nd of 2 in this piece

    housing

    Interesting