The Reality of Increases in Homelessness *This is a featured page

Welcome to the "New World Order" - U.$.$.A.

The Sequence of events that is

often an Unpleasant Surprise...
After struggling to accumulate enough down payment to acquire affordable payments... and, if you are fortunate enough that job security, lack of wage increase, personal problems with family like medical or credit doesn't disrupt financial plans such as rent and other expense increases that keep you struggling, you try to down size. A smaller location and putting some "stuff" in a min-storage is a common method, which is the first step in losing your stuff (of course the upside is - you have less stuff to worry about). Next you cut back on other "unnecessary" expenses like recreational equipment, vacations, household appliances either reduced or eliminated, and maybe because everyone in the household gets a second job, stress levels are enhanced which add to frustration and all the wholesome ingredients of harmony in any relationship just to make it all worth while(?) - The national figures all show record breaking results of those ingredients. Then you realize you are no longer trying to get ahead but are needing to do all this just to stay afloat...and it often isn't even enough. If your job is downsized and/or there is lack of need for your field of expertise - "any-kind-of-job" won't maintain! Sound familiar?

Oh sure, not everyone is that unfortunate - some actually get into a place (finally) and fix-up a few customized preferences after which things begin to happen like unexpected closing costs, repairs, balloon payments, rise in interest rates and other expenses. THEN if other surprise misfortunes like job down sizing, illness or babies, accidents, more unanticipated repairs on the house, vehicles etc., don’t occur (hah), more increases in costs of gas, food, clothing household items etc. (and recent years indicate what’s coming) and just after spending more than expected to make improvements or rehabs... you'll think of (or even remember) some others that have been causing the increases in the foreclosures (that we are all aware of). Some are even lucky when asking for an increase in salary don't get replaced.

The next step (down) for over 3 million in the last few years prior to Katrina), resort to living in a vehicle (which doesn't do much for job appearance or performance), ends with a repo., if break-down, registration & insurance doesn't overwhelm the lack of budget first. After that, having the shopping cart being taken away is easier to accept. Oh yes! You can only keep stuff you can carry with you while looking for that "any-kind-of-job" or you'll lose that when the cops raid your camp. Now isn't it constructive to have a law to make it a crime for just being homeless?!

Oh, of course - you say... it won't be you... (and probably even screw all those it does happen to)!! -That's what over 2 of the 3 million in the U.S. USED TO say! And for those who have been kicking homeless people to the curb - and those of you know who you are, are showing up at centers (like the so many new faces - all have the same look on your face), we all will remember who you are!

I am A. John Doe Homeless
and still... On Strike against unfair Housing Costs!

- http://homelessreality.org/ is connecting all the "Dots".


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