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New research finds that almost half a million households in the United States, largely and perhaps surprisingly urban ones, lack proper indoor plumbing, according to The Guardian. The data, which was compiled from U.S. Census Bureau statistics by the Plumbing Poverty Project (PPP), a collaboration of the University of Arizona and Kings College London, and published Monday, found that renters and people of color, even in some of the country's wealthiest cities, are more likely to be in a home without running water or toilets that flush.
The issue was found to be especially dire in San Francisco, where nearly 15,000 families live without a working plumbing system, according to The Guardian. San Francisco also has the third-most billionaires of any city in the world, the outlet noted. Data also showed that, as of 2017, Black people made up 9 percent of San Francisco's population but 17 percent of homes without indoor plumbing, The Guardian reported. San Francisco renters make up less than half of households in the city's metro area but account for nearly 90 percent of homes lacking functional plumbing, The Guardian reported.
The research also showed that cities including Milwaukee, San Antonio, Phoenix, Seattle and Cleveland made little to no progress improving their plumbing issues between 2000 and 2017. All five cities have more than 3,000 households without proper plumbing, according to The Guardian.
Its not only that the gap between the water-rich and the water-poor is widening in America, its also that its driven by a housing sector that lacks any safety net for working families, especially households of color, that cannot afford the astronomical prices of San Francisco, Seattle, or now even Portland, Meehan said.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/574181-report-nearly-half-a-million-us-households-mostly-in-cities
Hekate
(90,644 posts)In cities.
cinematicdiversions
(1,969 posts)Cries of you hate the poor, they will all become homeless and racism fill the air.
If San Francisco simply cracked down on illegal sublets and housing not up to code, this problem would be gone by the end of next month. Of course, those without plumbing would be those without housing. So the issue is not that simple.
MenloParque
(512 posts)How is this possible? Do they dook in buckets? Not understanding this at all in America.
Maru Kitteh
(28,339 posts)there's much more out there than you realize.
lpbk2713
(42,753 posts)Did someone with a strange sense of humor decide to call this the PP Project?