Almost 570,000 people sleep on the streets or in emergency shelters across the United States on any given night. The count rises to about 1.6 million over a full year. But who are they? What causes their homelessness? How does the country end it and prevent it from persisting?
These are the questions that the new book “In the Midst of Plenty: Homelessness and What to Do About It” by Marybeth Shinn and Jill Khadduri tackles. It’s a comprehensive look at an issue that’s endured for decades nationwide.
Modern homelessness was born out of the late 1970s housing affordability crisis — which was a product of income inequality, rising real-estate prices and a declining number of units available for people experiencing poverty, among other factors.
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Also a good read is "Evicted". Similar subject matter.
Also a good read: Nickel and dimed: on (not) getting by in America / Barbara Ehrenreich
Not the job of government
And we don’t want it to be their job
Won't fix anything. It will just create more welfare queens
Rural counties have just as high if not higher food stamp participation compared to urban areas. The most subsidized American is the farmer. Dairy farms alone are propped up by about 20 billion $$$ each year. Who are the true welfare queens?
How many have had a bank do you in ,get you to borrow money you don't need or loan you money on what they knows as a bad deal pull you in an then pull the plug on you an try too take every thing you own. Their are a lot of ways to get screwed.
No it won't. These people need mental and physical health care. For those that are "mentality" disturbed need to be placed in an institution just like in the old days. Get them off the streets. Drug addicts need treatment and assistance to get back on their feet. Not permanent welfare. Once rehabilitated place in an environment where there is work - farming etc. This problem can be resolved if the Governors start to care about their City's populist.
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