Homelessness Apr 26, 2009 19:29:44 GMT 10 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Tamrin on Apr 26, 2009 19:29:44 GMT 10 Struggling Americans call tent cities home[Excerpt - ABC News, 12 March 2009Adapted from a report by Ian Burrows for the Midday Report - Linked Above]Tent cities are springing up in California as thousands of people hit hard by foreclosures and big job losses say they have nowhere else to go.Many of those seeking shelter had good jobs and stable family lives until the economy spun out of control.Some 300 people call a tent city in Sacramento home, including Tracy Vaughan, who moved to the city with her husband six months ago."We both worked for the same company, we both got laid off on the same day," she said."So yeah, it just kind of happened."Another resident, Erich Platz, says there is no work to be had, making getting by tough."Nothing going on in concrete, nothing going on in carpentry, the housing - there's no boom any more so it's busted," he said.Tent cities are cropping up at an alarming rate. Many shelters have run out of beds to accommodate the growing number of homeless.
Homelessness Apr 26, 2009 19:30:08 GMT 10 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Tamrin on Apr 26, 2009 19:30:08 GMT 10 Tent City Ontario, Ca (a City Within A City)