I have been writing about the homeless getting worse for years now Bush says it is down 30% WTF? What are we stupid? I'm sick of the Lying!

Homeless in America! Poverty and Tragedy a National Disgrace!


Homelessness in our own Backyard!



I am so sick of the lying the fact manipulation by these scum running the country! I have written so many stories about Homeless dumping by hospitals that is still going on. Stories of increasing homelessness of our veterans that is now around 25% of the total homeless. I did a post on cities San Diego in particular opening public lots and guarding them so those increasingly losing their homes can at least have a safe place to sleep in their cars that they increasingly can't afford gas for. I just did a story on home foreclosures being up 121% nation wide from a year ago and 330% here in Massachusetts. Where are those people going? This is just the beginning as these people most often cannot afford health care and are increasingly faced with food kitchens closed because they have no food are there are too many to feed. THIS REALLY IRKS ME!

* It really blew me away knowing this is all just beginning and will get much worse and I friggen hear this morning that homelessness is down wide 30% WTF? this BS report states The number of chronically homeless people living in the nation’s streets and shelters has dropped by about 30 percent — from 175,914 to 123,833 — from 2005 to 2007, Bush administration officials said on Tuesday. According to records there are 38,000 in New York on any given night alone. According to The National Coalition For The Homeless, "there are between 30,000 and 7,000,000 homeless people in America." That is one hell of a difference.

Housing officials say the statistics, which are collected annually from more than 3,800 cities and counties, may reflect better data collection and some variation in the number of communities reporting. But officials also attribute much of the decline to a policy shift promoted by Congress and the administration that has focused federal and local resources on finding stable housing for homeless people suffering from drug addiction, mental illness or physical disabilities, long deemed the hardest to help in the homeless population. U.S. Reports Drop in Homeless Population

* What a friggen lie! I am sick of these scum getting away with these manipulated lies! The Department of Housing and Urban Development collects the statistics as part of its Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress. Nationally, the total number of homeless people counted on a single night in January — the measure used to count homeless families on the streets and in shelters — dropped to 666,295 in 2007, from 754,147 in 2005. The report said that 1.6 million people spent time in homeless shelters between Oct. 1, 2006 and Sept. 30, 2007. Seventy percent of those people were individuals; the rest were families with children. About 13 percent of all homeless adults living in shelters were veterans.

Dennis P. Culhane, a professor of social policy at the University of Pennsylvania and an author of this year’s report, acknowledged that “a lot of people in tough housing situations don’t get counted.” Mr. Culhane said the government needed a standard measure and counted only people living in shelters or on the street. Mr. Culhane attributed much of the decline in chronic homelessness to the efforts of Congress, administration officials and local communities. What a friggen lie! They changed the way they count the homeless!

areal study shows About 3.5 million US residents (about 1% of the population), including 1.35 million children, have been homeless for a significant period of time. Over 37,000 homeless individuals (including 16,000 children) stay in shelters in New York every night. This information was gathered by the Urban Institute, but actual numbers might be higher.

There is still no accurate information on the number of homeless people in the US. Several different models for the evaluation of the scale of homelessness exist. One approach measures the number of people without a roof over their head on a certain day or week. Another approach measures the number of the homeless over a certain period of time. The first method provides an “instant picture” of homelessness, but does little to differentiate between temporary and chronic homelessness. This method does not separate individuals who became homeless as a result of job loss, domestic abuse or housing shortage. The percent of chronic homelessness is overestimate in an “instant picture” approach.

* Man I am so sick of this what do you want to see I will find a way to back up the lies, way of doing things today. I am so sick of living a lie!!!!

James Joiner
Gardner Ma
www.anaveragepatriot.com