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Biden’s America: Almost 90M Adults Struggle To Make Ends Meet

Almost 90M American Adults Struggle to Make Ends Meet

After the City of Portland cleared an encampment of 70-100 people experiencing homelessness in Laurelhurst Park last month, many have returned.
  • More Americans struggle to meet expenses now than in the immediate aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, when millions lost their means of employment, a Census Bureau survey showed.
  • About 38.5% of American adults — or 89.1 million people — faced difficulty in paying for usual home expenses between April 26 and May 8, according to the latest Household Pulse Survey.
  • That’s up from 34.4% a year ago and 26.7% during the same period in 2021.
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