Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge.
Evictions are soaring, and Americans can’t pay the rent, potentially throwing hundreds of thousands of families out of their homes at a time when homeless shelters are jammed to the rafters with 10 million illegal immigrants.
It’s a useful reminder that the problem with our ruling elite isn’t just President Joe Biden’s dementia. They’ve made a very big bed we’re all going to be lying in.
The numbers come from The Wall Street Journal, which reports that since the [COVID-19] pandemic, evictions are up 15% in 10 of the 33 cities they survey. In a half-dozen major cities, including Houston, Phoenix, and Las Vegas, evictions are up 35% since pre-pandemic. Last month, Phoenix landlords filed more eviction notices than the peak of the 2008 crisis.
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