"I call it the double trouble," said Philip F. Mangano, executive director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. "You would have to be naive to believe that the loss of over 850,000 homes and over two million jobs wouldn't have an impact.""They seem to keep coming," said ~ a 53-year-old former truck driver who is unable to find work and has lived under a tarp for a year.
~ a 47-year-old painter from Milwaukee, sleeps in a rescue mission at night and spends his days on the streets bundled up in layers of clothes. He says he became homeless three months ago when he lost his job and his wife kicked him out of the house.
"It's hard to find work. With the economy, no one's doing any painting."
Many advocates say the majority of families experiencing homelessness in this economy are not on the streets or in shelters, but doubled up or in some other marginal situation. SOURCE ...
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