UN investigator accuses US of shameful neglect of homeless (Bawney Fwank's fault?)

Guardian ^ | 11/12/09 | Chris McGreal

[Libloather]

UN investigator accuses US of shameful neglect of homeless
UN special rapporteur says wealthy US ignoring deepening homeless crisis while pumping billions into bank rescues
Chris McGreal in Los Angeles guardian.co.uk,
Thursday 12 November 2009 15.12 GMT

A United Nations special investigator who was blocked from visiting the US by the Bush administration has accused the American government of pouring billions of dollars into rescuing banks and big business while treating as "invisible" a deepening homeless crisis.

Raquel Rolnik, the UN special rapporteur for the right to adequate housing, who has just completed a seven-city tour of America, said it was shameful that a country as wealthy as the US was not spending more money on lifting its citizens out of homelessness and substandard, overcrowded housing.

"The housing crisis is invisible for many in the US," she said. "I learned through this visit that real affordable housing and poverty is something that hasn't been dealt with as an issue. Even if we talk about the financial crisis and government stepping in in order to promote economic recovery, there is no such help for the homeless."

She added: "I think those who are suffering the most in this whole situation are the very poor, the low-income population. The burden is disproportionately on them and it's of course disproportionately on African-Americans, on Latinos and immigrant communities, and on Native Americans."

Rolnik toured Chicago, New York, Washington, Los Angeles and Wilkes-Barre, a Pennsylvania town where this year the first four sheriff sales – public auctions of seized property – in the county included 598 foreclosed properties. She also visited a Native American reservation.

[Libloather]

...shameful neglect of homeless

Compared to who?

[rabscuttle385]

Raquel Rolnik, the UN special rapporteur for the right to adequate housing, who has just completed a seven-city tour of America, said it was shameful that a country as wealthy as the US was not spending more money on lifting its citizens out of homelessness and substandard, overcrowded housing.

Cut the money supply to the U.N. to pay for housing the "homeless."

[londonfog]

Barney is a “bundle of sticks”. He was at his rear packing lovers house full of marijuana in Mass, and he was not prosecuted but his his homosexual lover was. Why do perverts and criminals like Fag —— frank and Rangle get away with crime and you and I go to prison?? This WILL stop.

[DemforBush]

Raquel Welch she ain't.

[RoadKingSE]

I learned through this visit that real affordable housing and poverty is something that hasn't been dealt with as an issue.

Did Rahm "Deadfish" Emanuel authorize this report about homeless? Discussing that subject during a democrat administration is a good reason to get disappeared.

[Repeat Offender]

Discussing that subject during a democrat administration is a good reason to get disappeared.

Especially when the dems spent so much of our money to put people into over-crowded housing.... whadya mean the UN don't think its a "Great Society?"

[Paladin2]

How can there be homeless with a ‘rat JIC and ‘rat CONgress?

[SandRat]

[Major Matt Mason]

Like we expected to hear anything else from this libtard. They are too predictable.