Rising homelessness in a "booming" US economy

[reedak]

The following are excerpts from Genevieve Leigh's 19 December 2018 article headlined "Rising homelessness: The reality of life for workers in a 'booming' US economy".

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On any given night in the United States 553,000 people experience homelessness, according to the 2018 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) published by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and sent to Congress on Monday....

Reports have emerged this year documenting the growing number of adjunct college professors, many of whom have a Masters degree or PhD, who are forced to live in their cars. Dubbed the “fast food workers of the academic world,” a quarter of these workers are said to be enrolled in public assistance programs. During the wave of teachers’ strikes that erupted early in the year across the US, thousands of teachers spoke out about being forced because of low wages to take second and even third jobs to make ends meet.... (End excerpts)

Source: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/1 ... e-d19.html

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/wo ... o-11413960

[spacemonkey]

Thousands more attempt entry every month to add to that number, and further burden the welfare system. The loons of the left can't comprehend that.