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		pydry on Dec 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public d... Homelessness skyrocketed in line with rents. That could just be a coincidence though - that increasing the price of homes caused people to stop being able to afford them.

lazyasciiart on Dec 12, 2023 [–]

The specific correlation is that homelessness goes up with the local rent:income ratio.

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