Homeless crisis in Britain versus US

[Roger Baker]

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The British crisis revolves around the fact that there are now less 
homeless in Britain
so charities have to compete harder to get their fair share of them -- 
and may
now have to merge in the face of declining demand.

http://society.guardian.co.uk/charityfinance/story/0,8150,623962,00.html


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But meanwhile in the USA -- (and as the war against evildoers gets all 
the top headlines):



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17779-2001Dec22.html


Homeless Surge In N.Y. Symbol Of New Crisis

By Michael Powell
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, December 23, 2001; Page A01


NEW YORK -- Curled up on sidewalks and jammed into crowded shelters, the 
masses of
homeless men, women and children in this city have reached record 
numbers, surpassing
the worst levels of the last recession.

About 29,400 homeless live in city shelters and hot-plate hotel rooms 
each night,
including 12,500 children. They are the face of a poor New York that 
supposedly
vanished after the early 1990s.

Now they are everywhere. A decaying economy and, even more important, a 
severe
lack of affordable housing have driven the current crisis. In the past 
few years, housing
costs in New York's poor neighborhoods have spiked sharply, rising far 
faster than in
wealthy districts.

Homelessness has jumped 13 percent nationwide this year. In Chicago, 
homelessness
jumped 22 percent, in San Francisco, 20 percent. In Washington, the 
number of homeless
families has risen by 32 percent -- after four years of decline. D.C. 
Village, the city's intake
shelter for families, is at capacity, and about 600 men and women bed 
down each night on
city streets.

The problem is most pronounced in the Northeast, where rental housing 
costs are among
the nation's highest. In Massachusetts, there has been a 40 percent rise 
in homeless
families since August 1999. "It's exploded on us," said Dick Powers of 
the state's homeless
agency. "The reason is very simple: There's no affordable housing."...

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The British crisis revolves around the fact that there are now less
homeless in Britain

so charities have to compete harder to get their fair share of them --
and may

now have to merge in the face of declining demand.


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But meanwhile in the USA -- (and as the war against evildoers gets all
the top headlines):




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Homeless Surge In N.Y. Symbol Of New Crisis 


By Michael Powell

Washington Post Staff Writer

Sunday, December 23, 2001; Page A01 



NEW YORK -- Curled up on sidewalks and jammed into crowded shelters,
the masses of 

homeless men, women and children in this city have reached record
numbers, surpassing 

the worst levels of the last recession.


About 29,400 homeless live in city shelters and hot-plate hotel rooms
each night, 

including 12,500 children. They are the face of a poor New York that
supposedly 

vanished after the early 1990s.


Now they are everywhere. A decaying economy and, even more important,
a severe 

lack of affordable housing have driven the current crisis. In the past
few years, housing 

costs in New York's poor neighborhoods have spiked sharply, rising far
faster than in 

wealthy districts.


Homelessness has jumped 13 percent nationwide this year. In Chicago,
homelessness 

jumped 22 percent, in San Francisco, 20 percent. In Washington, the
number of homeless 

families has risen by 32 percent -- after four years of decline. D.C.
Village, the city's intake 

shelter for families, is at capacity, and about 600 men and women bed
down each night on 

city streets. 


The problem is most pronounced in the Northeast, where rental housing
costs are among 

the nation's highest. In Massachusetts, there has been a 40 percent
rise in homeless 

families since August 1999. "It's exploded on us," said Dick Powers of
the state's homeless 

agency. "The reason is very simple: There's no affordable housing."...

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