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Title: The Lack of Affordable Housing in America
START DATE: 1/25/2006
START TIME: 10:30 PM
Duration: 1 Hours
Location: downtown, central, hollywood, northeast
Location Details:
Comcast cable TV, Channel 24
Event Topic: racism
Event Type: television program
Contact Name: Patricia McAllister
Contact Email: PatriciaMcAll@yahoo.com
Contact Phone:
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Public concern about homelessness in the United States has increased

in recent years. A late Gallup poll found that 86% of Americans

feel sympathy for the homeless, and 33% report that they feel more

sympathy now than they did five years ago. According to the same poll, one

reason for this apparent increase in sympathy is that 17% of Americans, primarily

women and young adults, believe that they could become homeless.

1. The fact that these groups are concerned about homelessness reflects, in

part, two decades of increases in the visibility of homeless women and children

in the United States. Published reports suggest that most homeless

families with children are headed by single women between the ages of 26

and 30 who have never been married and have two children.

2. Because shelter is a basic human need, it is not surprising that the effects

of homelessness on children and families appear to be harsh and multifaceted.

According to one study, homeless women are significantly more likely

to have low birth weight babies than are similar poor women who are

housed.

3. Others report that, compared to the general population of children,

homeless children have twice as many health problems, are more likely

to go hungry, and have higher rates of developmental delay; and although

findings have not been consistent, higher rates of depression, anxiety, and

behavior problems have been reported for homeless children.

4. Because, however, as discussed in this article, collecting reliable and comprehensive

information about the population of homeless families with children is very

difficult, accurately estimating the size, scope, and impact of homelessness

among families with children in the United States has been almost impossible.

5. Estimates of the size and composition of the population of homeless families and children are important, however, to understand the etiology and

consequences of homelessness, to design effective programs and policies to

address the problem, and to evaluate whether interventions are working.

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