Homeless numbers include more families

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The face of homelessness in the United States is changing to include more families and more people who live in the suburbs and rural communities.

The number of homeless has remained steady since 2007, but within the overall count are trends that can tell officials where federal resources would do the most good, the Housing and Urban Development Department says in its annual report to Congress being released Thursday.

About 1.6 million people used a homeless shelter or lived in transitional housing between Oct. 1, 2007, and Sept. 30, 2008 — about the same as the year before. But within that group, the number of families grew 9 percent, from about 473,000 to 517,000.

Officials said they also saw more demand for transitional housing in the suburbs and in rural areas of the country. Residents of suburban and rural communities made up about a third of those in need of housing, up from about 24 percent the year before.

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[mix]

1. it's like the 1980s all over again n/t

[conspirator]

9. I wish. In the 1980's we had good music nt

[Beavker]

2. According to Rick Santelli of CNBC

These people would be "Losers!".

[ohio2007]

3. AIG Is Preparing to Pay Millions More in Bonuses

American International Group is preparing to pay millions of dollars more in bonuses to several dozen top corporate executives after an earlier round of payments four months ago set off a national furor.

The company has been pressing the federal government to bless the payments in hopes of shielding itself from renewed public outrage.

The request puts the administration's new compensation czar on the spot by seeking his opinion about bonuses that were promised long before he took his post.

AIG doesn't actually need the permission of Kenneth R. Feinberg, who President Obama appointed last month to oversee the compensation of top executives at seven firms that have received large federal bailouts. But officials at the troubled insurance giant, whose federal rescue package stands at $180 billion, have been reluctant to move forward without political cover from the government.

"Anytime we write a check to anybody" it is highly scrutinized, said one AIG official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the negotiations with Feinberg are ongoing. "We would want to feel comfortable that the government is comfortable with what we are doing."

The payments coming due next week include $2.4 million in bonuses for about 40 high-ranking corporate officers at AIG, according to administration documents from earlier this year. Though the actual sum may have changed since then, the payments are much smaller than those that caused the upheaval in March.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/09/AR2009070902702_pf.html

whats the opposite of progress ?

congress

[OhioChick]

4. Shhh....Nothing to see here.....

Obviously.....as some have unrecommended this. :eyes:

[JNelson6563]

5. Pretty soon even DU won't be able to ignore this

Though, sadly, for the most part it still does. Many heartless "liberals" on DU and elsewhere cause they just don't care.

As one who just came out of such a situation, I can attest to the difficulty invovled in overcoming these circumstances and the despair that is ever looming until one does.

Julie

[OhioChick]

6. Hang in there, Julie.

:hug:

[JNelson6563]

7. Kicking this

:kick:

[Marx is my homeboy]

8. Looks like they finally got what they wanted.

Even people who have 'homes' will be living in fear. There's a reason why Marx singled out the evils of rent payments to landlords who, by definition, add no value.