big issue, there was a growing demand for housing in the city as people moved looking for jobs, but that demand was not met with more affordable housing. Many people were without a home, and this is when the stigma of being called “tramps” and “wayfarers” began to paint them in the eye. People began becoming homeless, not due to their own ‘incompetence’ or fault, but because the government did not respond to the demands for more affordable housing. The decrease in affordable housing available has…
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