“Vehicle residency is one of the fastest-growing forms of homelessness” Sara Rankin, associate professor of law and director of the Homeless Rights Advocacy Project at Seattle University.
Read an article on USA TODAY, here is a small excerpt:
Quote: Americans are being driven into their vehicles by pandemic-fueled woes. And their ranks are likely to grow as the government safety net frays and evictions and foreclosures rise.
Quote: Even before COVID, millions struggled to afford a decent place to live. The pandemic has made the housing crisis even worse, says Pruss.
He expects a surge in the number of people without permanent homes taking refuge in cars, vans, RVs and campers – and not just in the nation’s most expensive regions such as the San Francisco Bay Area where vehicles have increasingly become a form of affordable housing, but all over the country.