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America's homeless population rises for first time in years
Associated Press ^
| Dec 6, 2017 7:49 PM EST
| Christopher Weber and Geoff Mulvihill
Posted on 12/06/2017 5:56:18 PM PST by Olog-hai
The nations homeless population increased this year for the first time since 2010, driven by a surge in the number of people living on the streets in Los Angeles and other West Coast cities.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released its annual Point in Time count Wednesday, a report that showed nearly 554,000 homeless people across the country during local tallies conducted in January. That figure is up nearly 1 percent from 2016.
Of that total, 193,000 people had no access to nightly shelter and instead were staying in vehicles, tents, the streets and other places considered uninhabitable. The unsheltered figure is up by more than 9 percent compared to two years ago.
Increases are higher in several West Coast cities, where the explosion in homelessness has prompted at least 10 city and county governments to declare states of emergency since 2015.
City officials, homeless advocates and those living on the streets point to a main culprit: the regions booming economy. Rents have soared beyond affordability for many lower-wage workers who until just a just few years ago could typically find a place to stay. Now, even a temporary setback can be enough to leave them out on the streets.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: california; democratdystopia; homelessness; hud; liberalagenda; lofan; losangeles; obamalegacy; socialism; westcoast
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To: Lumper20
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posted on
12/06/2017 6:44:14 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Olog-hai
How many are illegal aliens who were allowed in by the rats?
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posted on
12/06/2017 6:55:30 PM PST
by
matt1234
(Jan. 20, 2017: the national nightmare ended.)
To: dfwgator
Everyone I have asked is a damn fake with no ID.
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posted on
12/06/2017 6:56:18 PM PST
by
Lumper20
( "No NFL punk has a leg wound from combat-get off your knee or leave America,")
To: Olog-hai
Fake News! Lots of folks lost housing and moved into camps called Obamaville. The opposition media chose not to report on them!
Obamaville!
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posted on
12/06/2017 7:04:00 PM PST
by
Lopeover
( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
To: Olog-hai
Author of this piece, Geof Mulvihill:
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posted on
12/06/2017 7:04:19 PM PST
by
gaijin
(Basically Obama lawyers would blatantly make up some totally groundless allegation against a fat cas)
To: Olog-hai
America's homeless population rises for first time in years
It's all the illegals, heading to the coastal liberal sanctuaries, and not finding a place to sleep.
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posted on
12/06/2017 7:23:09 PM PST
by
adorno
To: the_daug
Lol. That’s exactly what I was referring to.
Schroeder was a real piece of work. She was my congressman for too many years. During Tail Hook we would fax her all sorts of stuff making fun of her.
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posted on
12/06/2017 7:48:52 PM PST
by
laplata
(Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: Olog-hai
All the drug addicts I see during my work commute never seem to run out of cardboard, or magic markers.
Funny, the nearby methodone clinic does not even have a parking lot or garage.
I laughed heartily when one of the red light Beggars had to put down their ‘Need $$$$$ for my starving mother’ sign in in order to light up a Marlboro.
I never actually thought that I would one day grow up to be a Cynic.
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posted on
12/06/2017 7:57:06 PM PST
by
Radix
(Natural Born Citizens have Citizen parents)
To: Olog-hai
Just google “homeless and marijuana legalization” or “homeless and opioid epidemic” and you might discover the reasons for the uptick in street people -— and conservatives had little to do with creating these situations.
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posted on
12/06/2017 8:28:06 PM PST
by
LTC.Ret
To: Olog-hai
I call BS... way more homeless when jug ears was pres
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posted on
12/06/2017 8:33:33 PM PST
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!at)
To: markman46
They always forget about the homeless until a GOP POTUS gets elected.
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posted on
12/06/2017 8:40:40 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
Where’s the “unexpectedly” we used to see when Obama was in office and anything remotely negative got reported?
Lol.
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