Summary

A growing number of Americans are seeking shelter in budget motels due to rising rents and home prices, with families experiencing cramped, unstable living conditions.

In New York’s Hudson Valley, over 550 families with children lived in motels in 2023, a 21% increase from 2018.

High costs, safety concerns, and limited housing options make escaping this cycle difficult.

Advocacy groups warn motels are an unsustainable solution as housing costs outpace wages, while waitlists for subsidized housing and vouchers remain long.

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      23 hours ago

      Im actually usually quite terrible with sentence structure and such, but I spent most of my career in IT so far. Which anyone in IT can tell you that the difference of good documentation and bad documentation on support for products, is often the difference between keeping those products or employees around. Nothing is worse than “Brian set this up 7 years ago and hadn’t worked here in 5”… And no documentation exists. Fixing a home computer, no issue. Managing 60,000… Everything has what seems to be way to many procedures.