More than 500,000 people are homeless in the United States — a quarter of them are children

[UglyGreed]

More than 500,000 people – a quarter of them children – were homeless in the United States this year amid scarce affordable housing across much of the nation, according to a study released on Thursday.

The report, from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), said the number was down slightly from 2014. Many U.S. cities are confronting a sluggish economic recovery, stagnant or falling wages among the lowest-income earners and budget constraints for social welfare programs.

Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Oregon and Hawaii have all recently declared emergencies over the rise of homelessness, and on Thursday Seattle’s mayor toured a new encampment for his city’s dispossessed.

“Despite national estimates, New York City continues to experience near record homelessness,” said Giselle Routhier, a spokeswoman for the Coalition for the Homeless, an advocacy group.



http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/more-than-500000-people-are-homeless-in-the-united-states-a-quarter-of-them-are-children/

[UglyGreed]

1. .

[marym625]

3. +1,000,000

[GummyBearz]

7. Uhg

I'm kind of a cold hearted bastard, but this pic is even hard for me to look at. Having spent a lot of years in LA and now San Diego you know as an individual you can't give $5 to every homeless person, or you'd be bankrupt before you could walk to the store. But the government doesn't have that excuse. Minimum standard of living, and the wages that goes with it NEED to be implemented. We all need to chip in. I will gladly pay an extra couple dollars for my lunch sandwich, and the CEOs need to do their part as well by stopping this "higher minimum wage will kill us all!!" approach. No, it wont kill "us", it may take a bite out of your $50million stock options and golden parachute retirement plan... but then again no one NEEDS a golden parachute, you just want one.

[dhill926]

8. agree 100 percent.....

[marym625]

2. yet money spent on elections, to ensure we have more homeless,

Just keeps rolling in. Disgusting

[UglyGreed]

4. As long as the ones

who have the money to control Government are happy.........

[marym625]

5. Exactly. Sadly.

[flamingdem]

6. If the repigs were smart

they'd pair this with asking why it is we resettle refugees when we have our own right here.

[elias49]

9. Where do American refugees go?

Apparently we can't take care of our own.

[uppityperson]

10. Are you really confusing being a refugee with being homeless?

I've been homeless and it sucks. Fortunately I've never had armed gunmen come into my home, kill the men, take the women, torture the children and blow up my neighborhood.

Yes, homelessness is a big problem and USA should be ashamed of it, but it is not the same as being a refugee.