Homelessness rates increase in US for second straight year

The Hill ^ | 12/17/18 | Owen Daugherty

[cnsmom]

Closing all the mental institutions wasn’t such a good idea.

[skinndogNN]

Legalized Pot.

[Menehune56]

This is how death squads come about.

[SamAdams76]

There were no homeless people during the Obama era. Why I remember gleaming streets of gold and such a surplus of housing that landlords were fighting over tenants, some of them even PAYING people to live there.

[redhead]

My son and his wife are employed and homeless. Even though their income is paltry, the fact that both work disqualifies them from any assistance or subsidized housing. So far, they spend part of the week in a motel, and the other part sleeping in their vehicles. Please pray for them. They have two teenaged sons and a couple of dogs along for the adventure.

[redhead]

“Homelessness” or, “unemployed” are not the same things as “unemployed and homeless.” My son and his wife both work, and the whole family is homeless. Thank goodness they are in a warm climate.

[Baynative]

"My son and his wife both work, and the whole family is homeless."

I hate to hear that, but there must be more to the story. Is it location?

[Revolutionary]

They are all in blue cities getting high.

[redhead]

Not sure if it boils down to location. They are in southern Utah, work there, have family
ties there, but housing is hard to find, especially since
their pay is low, and because they both work, they don’t qualify for subsidies. Things appear to be turning around, though. Housing offers are finally beginning to trickle in. He is crippled from job injuries in the oilfields of the North Slope and North Dakota, so the high-paying jobs he is qualified for require that he be on his feet all the time. (Wish he could be a fracking tech while sitting down...)

[Baynative]

It is always hard to hear stories of people who are caught on the cusp of living right, but seeing benefits meant for helping people go to those who often don't need it.

Isn't there a possibility that a fracking tech can qualify for ADA provisions?

[1Old Pro]

I didn’t see the words “mental illness” anywhere in this report? I guess if we don’t say it, it will just go away.