Homeless numbers increase 22% for single adults, 11% among households with children in Columbus, OH

[upstatecajun]

Homelessness among households with children in Columbus and Franklin County increased by about 11 percent, to 132 families.

The biggest jump in the Columbus area was for single adults who went unsheltered, which means they were not sleeping in an emergency shelter or living in transitional housing. Their numbers increased by about 22 percent, to 125.

The 2010 counts are the first to reflect the three-year Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program, which provided $1.5 billion in stimulus money nationally to stave off the effects of the recession.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/04/22/homeless-numbers-up-a-bit.html?sid=101

[angstlessk]

1. so there are ony 132 families and 125 single people homeless in Columbus OH?

I bet those numbers are double..at least!

[Hestia]

2. Article says "increased", not total. We had someone from Columbus, OH

couch surfing with us, way down here.

[OwnedByFerrets]

3. That there is even ONE homeless family in America is a fucking crime

Thank you Raygun, you dead motherfucker :mad:

[bobbolink]

5. Thank you for understanding this EPIDEMIC was started by Raygun.... slashing the low-income housing

budget.

Very few know that... Thanks!

[Terra Alta]

9. His trickle down economics didn't help matters, either.

All it did was make the rich richer and the poor poorer. Fuck you Reagan!:grr:

[bobbolink]

4. So, here is the question... WHO is benefitting from that stimulus money... poor people who have been

homeless for a long time because of the lack of low-income housing, or newly homeless middleclass people?

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Good question

[Terra Alta]

7. there is no reason why

there should not be affordable housing for every man, woman, and child in America. It's time for the richest among us to make some sacrifices, so everyone can have a roof over their head and a warm bed to sleep in at night.

[bobbolink]

8. I second that emotion! So, how are we going to make that reality?