HUD Report: Fewer Homeless People, More Homeless Families

[babylonsister]

HUD Report: Fewer Homeless People, More Homeless Families
By Annie Lowrey 6/16/10 2:36 PM


Today, the Department of Housing and Urban Development released its annual report on homelessness in America. The report found that the number of homeless people declined slightly from 2008 to 2009, but that the Great Recession and housing crash have left more families with children homeless. All in all, on any given night, about 643,000 people were homeless in 2009; 1.56 million people total spent a night in a shelter.

“As a nation, we appear to be doing a better job sheltering those who might otherwise be living on our streets but clearly homelessness is impacting a greater share of families with children,” HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan said in a release. The report noted 78 percent of people in shelters are adults, 62 percent are members of a minority group and 61 percent are male.

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http://washingtonindependent.com/87179/hud-report-fewer-homeless-people-more-homeless-families

[Yeahyeah]

1. Should people be labeled "homeless"?It's degrading.

Who,besides those amongst the richest prick class,couldn't be "homeless" next week?

[babylonsister]

2. What would you think an appropriate name would be for someone

who doesn't have a home, and why is it degrading if it's a fact?

[Yeahyeah]

4. "Screwed".

by the powers that be.

[burnsei sensei]

3. It represents

serious social dislocation and alienation.
And with the problems in the Gulf? I would expect the destitution of families to continue and perhaps deepen.