With rent prices rising rapidly in the U.S., and some cities even seeing jumps of 30 percent in a year, John Oliver spent the latest Last Week Tonight episode digging into the issues with the U.S.
"That is the core issue with rental housing in this country, though; people who think that investments deserve more respect than basic human needs, and then set up a system designed to ensure that some people just spiral downwards."
If nowhere cheaper exists, they can't apply for federal assistance, they can't even use that assistance if no one accepts it, and they can't take their landlord to court. It's not a good show.
Oliver came up with a solution. There are more affordable housing units available.
He believes housing is a human right. This could be policy. Many countries, including France, Scotland and South Africa, have legally codified a right to housing, and here in the U.S. three-quarters of Americans think it's a human right.
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