“In the richest country in the world, it is simply unacceptable that we have people living in the streets,” said Chairwoman Waters. “Today, there are over a half million people experiencing homelessness nationwide. Nearly 160,000 of them are children and nearly 38,000 are veterans who we have failed to support after their service to our…
Tag: Homelessness
Homelessness becomes illegal in California
The White House Council of Economic Advisor reported that more than a quarter of a million people are homeless in California on September 2019. Four of the five cities that have the most unsheltered homeless in the United States is also located in California. Reports have suggested that Trumps is being forced to stage and…
Mayor of Atlanta Raises $50 Million in Funding to Provide Homes for the Homeless
Atlanta, GA — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says that her city has successfully raised the $50 million funding goal initiated almost 2 years ago to provide 550 homes for its homeless residents.
Detroit leads the nation in reverse mortgage foreclosures
Michele McCoy always thought she and her siblings would inherit the house she grew up in on Decatur Street on Detroit’s west side. Her father, a Detroit Police officer, and her mother, a schoolteacher, bought the three-bedroom bungalow in the late 1960s after moving here from Wheeling, West Virginia. “It would be part of our…
40% of Americans only one missed paycheck away from poverty
Millions of middle-class Americans are just one missed paycheck away from poverty, with 4 of 10 considered “liquid-asset poor,” or without enough money socked away to cope with even a sudden disruption in income.
The Homeless Are Dying in Record Numbers on the Streets of Los Angeles
A homeless man sleeps on a sidewalk in Los Angeles on March 10. Nearly 53,000 people were homeless in L.A. County last year, according to a point-in-time count.(Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images) By Anna Gorman and Harriet Blair Rowan A record number of homeless people — 918 last year alone — are dying across Los Angeles…
