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Thursday, December 24th, 2015

Hunger and Homelessness Survey

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Source:     The United States Conference of Mayors 2015 Status Report on Hunger & Homelessness
Publication Date:     December 2015
 Link: Hunger and Homelessness Survey
Stephan:   Part of the decline of the middle class in the U.S. is the growing problem of homelessness and hunger. Except for Bernie Sanders none of the political candidates -- Democrat or Republican -- even mention it. And corporate media, while it covers the subject in larger cities, since it is such a prominent part of life in American cities, hardly addresses it in a thorough and meaningful way. The one group that really gets this, other than the homeless and hungry themselves, are the mayors of those cities. Here is their report on what I see as a national shame.
This report presents the results
of a survey of 22 of the citie
s whose mayors serve on The U.S. Conference
of Mayors’ Task Force on Hunger and Homelessness. Officials wer
e asked to provide information on the
extent and causes of hunger and homelessness in their cities, a
nd the emergency food assistance and
homeless services provided between September 1, 2014 and August
31, 2015. They also were asked for
their assessment of the demand
for services and the resources available to them in the year ahead. This
year’s survey found continuing increases in demand for services
and continuing shortfalls in meeting
service needs. Among its key findings:
Hunger
Sixty-six percent of the survey cities reported that the number
of requests for emergency food
assistance increased over the past year. Across the survey citi
es, emergency food assistance
increased by an average of 2.8 percent.
Among those requesting emergency food assistance, 67 percent we
re persons in families, 42
percent were employed, 23 percent were elderly, and 10 percent
were homeless.
Low-wages led the list of causes
of hunger cited by the survey
cities, followed by poverty, and
high housing costs.
City officials […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Thursday, December 24, 2015 at 7:33 am

    I do not seem to be able to connect with the report using the “read the rest” button