Like a nightmare straight out of a John Steinbeck novel, tent cities have been forming across the landscape of America. Some call them Bushvilles like the Hoovervilles from the Great Depression Era, others call them Republicanvilles. Whatever the lexiconography of the name, the foreclosures and the misrey index from total Republican tyranny has caused many Americans to fall through the cracks of life into homelessness. Even the homeless shelters have waiting lists and umemployed or under-employed American workers are living out of their cars, vans and trucks across the USA. There is always enough money to bailout billionaires and millionaires, but for everyday Americans they just get the finger from the government.
According to an article from the AP wire service, published in Yahoo News, "In hard times, tent cities rise across the country": From Seattle to Athens, Ga., homeless advocacy groups and city agencies are reporting the most visible rise in homeless encampments in a generation.
Nearly 61 percent of local and state homeless coalitions say they've experienced a rise in homelessness since the foreclosure crisis began in 2007, according to a report by the National Coalition for the Homeless. The group says the problem has worsened since the report's release in April, with foreclosures mounting, gas and food prices rising and the job market tightening.
"It's clear that poverty and homelessness have increased," said Michael Stoops, acting executive director of the coalition. "The economy is in chaos, we're in an unofficial recession and Americans are worried, from the homeless to the middle class, about their future."
The phenomenon of encampments has caught advocacy groups somewhat by surprise, largely because of how quickly they have sprung up.
Nearly 61 percent of local and state homeless coalitions say they've experienced a rise in homelessness since the foreclosure crisis began in 2007, according to a report by the National Coalition for the Homeless. The group says the problem has worsened since the report's release in April, with foreclosures mounting, gas and food prices rising and the job market tightening.
"It's clear that poverty and homelessness have increased," said Michael Stoops, acting executive director of the coalition. "The economy is in chaos, we're in an unofficial recession and Americans are worried, from the homeless to the middle class, about their future."
The phenomenon of encampments has caught advocacy groups somewhat by surprise, largely because of how quickly they have sprung up.
Read the entire story from Yahoo News here.
The French have been covering the American homeless crisis:
The BBC have also been covering the Bushvilles or Republicanvilles in the USA:
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