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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Violent sting ops, wasted millions, and an unbothered Biden: The crackdown on homeless people on federal lands

Miguel Vieira/Getty/US Forest Service

America is land rich and housing poor.

Within the US, already the third largest nation in the world, is a country within a country, 640m acres of vast, largely uninhabited public lands. At the same time, cities are struggling with homelessness and median home prices in 99 per cent of US counties are out of reach to the average buyer.

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