Working Homeless an unfortunate trend!

The recent and continual decline in the economy and rise in unemployment increases the reasons why homelessness continues to grow in our country. According to the National Coalition Against Homelessness, without wage growth, people cannot afford decent housing and have to resort to homeless or family shelters. Many shelters are reporting that their clients are the "working poor". Some of these clients are homeless due to domestic violence. This morning,The Today Show, featured a great piece on "The Working Homeless" documenting a young mother that fled an abusive relationship with her children and the struggles she faces finding decent housing and masking her current living situation. Stories like this make me feel obligated to bring awareness to the needs of others.
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Jobs, but no homes: Meet the working homeless

As the number of homeless in many of our major cities grows, one surprising trend is how many of the are working: people working low-wage jobs who go to a bed in homeless shelters at night. MSNBC’s Ronan Farrow reports.

http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/54761848

Also read about it......
http://nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/employment.html

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