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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with homeless

A Bridge Too Far
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, ethics, freedoms, government, punishment, homeless, sex offenders )

Michelle
- 121 days ago - newsweek.com
Residency restrictions have forced child sex offenders in Florida to camp out under a causeway. Now the man who helped put them there is having second thoughts.
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Nightmares Come True for the Neediest
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, california, Gov. Schwarzenegger, rich, class, warfare, greed, lies, corruption, dishonesty, republicans, cruel, abuse, budget, cuts, poverty, poor, disabled, blind, homeless, hungry, sick, elderly, low-income, suffering )

Tom
- 169 days ago - latimes.com
Faced with a budget deficit in the fiscal year starting July 1, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed cutting state supplemental payments for the elderly and disabled down to the minimum allowed by federal law. It would be their third cut this year.
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Gov. Schwarzenegger Targets Only Low-Income Californians
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, california, Gov. Schwarzenegger, rich, class, warfare, greed, lies, corruption, dishonesty, republicans, cruel, abuse, budget, cuts, poverty, poor, disabled, blind, homeless, hungry, sick, elderly, low-income, suffering )

Tom
- 177 days ago - californiaprogressreport.com
The governor wants to kick 90 percent of the low-income elderly, blind and disabled clients out of the In Home Supportive Services Program, despite the fact that IHSS saves California taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
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Consequences: The Housing Crisis Hits Home
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: mortgages, deregulation, homeless )


- 616 days ago - brasschecktv.com
They couldn't keep up with the their mortgage payments so they lost their homes. This story is repeating all over America. (Short video from BBC News on the housing crisis in the U.S.)
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AMERICA'S HEARTLAND: WHERE'S YOUR HEART?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, veterans, homeless, apathy )

Just
- 643 days ago - care2.com
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) says the nation's homeless veterans are mostly males (4% are females). The vast majority are single, most come from poor, disadvantaged communities, 45% suffer from mental illness...
51 comments
How Lack of Counting = Lack of Funding - Homeless Veteran's Survival Guide
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: homeless, veterans, government, accounting )


- 649 days ago - wanderingvets.com
On page 63 footnote (d,) it lists that 90% of the data pertaining to if the person was a veteran and or a person with disabilities was lost or not recorded (how convenient).
7 comments
Four People, Apparently Homeless, Found Dead | Ajc.Com
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: homeless, elderly )


- 662 days ago - ajc.com
prolonged exposure can physically weaken a person, particularly older people like the ones police found. "People who live outside more than they live inside are more fragile physically," she said. "It wears down their immune system."
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Next Wave of Homeless Vets Emerges
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: veterans, homeless, afghanistan, iraq, vietnam )

Brian
- 677 days ago - usatoday.com
This is not a new story in America: A young veteran back from war whose struggle to rejoin society has failed, at least for the moment, fighting demons and left homeless. it is happening to a new generation. Afghanistan & Iraq vets.
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Many Homeless Die Before Old Age
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: homeless )


- 691 days ago - abclocal.go.com
In Los Angeles, more than 2,800 homeless people have died since 2000. The average age was 48. This is an ABC News video, so I apologize to those with dial-up. The life expectancy for those with shelter in the U.S. is 77.
7 comments
Homeless Homeowners Sleeping Under Bridge
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: homeless, New Orleans )


- 696 days ago - dailykos.com
....very intense in New Orleans right now, as everyone witnessed activists being tasered and pepper sprayed inside and outside of a City Council meeting, in which there was a unanimous vote to demolish most of public housing in New Orleans.
9 comments
Some 3,800 Young People Homeless in New York: Study | U.S. | Reuters
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: homeless )


- 712 days ago - reuters.com
An estimated 3,800 people under age 24 go homeless each night in New York City, but they blend in so well they are hard for social workers to find, according to the city's first-ever census of homeless youth.
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Study: 1 Out of 4 Homeless Are Veterans
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, veterans, homeless )

Dee
- 751 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON - Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday.
6 comments
Living Without a Roof
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: homeless, usa, Los Angeles )


- 755 days ago - pslweb.org
recent study found that Los Angeles has more people sleeping in the streets than any other U.S. city. According to statistics recently released by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, more than 40,000 people sleep on the city's streets every night
27 comments
'Homeless' Dalai Lama Visits US Shelter for Homeless
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: homeless, superpower, Dalai Lama )


- 767 days ago - afp.google.com
"When I heard 'homeless people', my impression was that I myself, am also homeless," the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet told a gathering of several hundred people in the conference room of N Street Shelter in Washington....
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