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Old and on the Street: The Graying of America’s Homeless

"Tens of Thousands of College Students Have Nowhere to Sleep"

The emergence of an older homeless population is creating daunting challenges
for social service agencies and governments already struggling to fight poverty.

By ADAM NAGOURNEYMAY 31, 2016



http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/us/americas-aging-homeless-old-and-on-the-street.html

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Seattle Underbelly Exposed as Homeless Camp Violence Flares

By KIRK JOHNSONMARCH 1, 2016


Mike Metchum is among the homeless people living under Interstate 5 in a Seattle encampment known
as the Jungle. Credit Michael Hanson for The New York Times

SEATTLE — So dangerous is this city’s biggest homeless camp, called the Jungle — three ragged miles stitched along the underbelly of Interstate 5 — that if a fire broke out there today, firefighters would not be allowed in without an armed police escort. State lawmakers are considering closing the camp by erecting a razor-wire fence around it, at a cost of $1 million.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/02/us/seattle-homeless-jungle-camp.html

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Homeless Young People of New York, Overlooked and Underserved
By NIKITA STEWARTFEB. 5, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/nyregion/young-and-homeless-in-new-york-overlooked-and-underserved.html

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China’s Homeless Find Shelter Under McDonald’s Golden Arches

By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZDEC. 31, 2015


A woman sleeping at a McDonald’s restaurant in Hong Kong in October. Across East Asia, 24-hour McDonald's have
become a sanctuary for the downtrodden, providing a warm, dry place to sleep. Credit Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times

BEIJING — He woke to the cry of the morning janitor. “Put your shoes on!” she said. “Put your shoes on!” She rattled a chair. “This isn’t your house! Sit up!”

Ding Xinfeng’s eyes blinked open. Dawn had yet to break, but inside a 24-hour McDonald’s restaurant in central Beijing, more than a dozen homeless people had begun their daily routines.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/02/world/asia/chinas-homeless-find-shelter-under-mcdonalds-golden-arches.html

The 15 Most Homeless Cities In The World

Reagan M. 03.03.15



Homelessness is far from a developing country’s problem. In Europe alone, there are 3 million people on the streets. In Australia and Canada, hundreds of thousands of people are homeless. Of course, the problem is much worse in poorer countries. There are over 9.5 million homeless people in Columbia and 24.4 million in Nigeria. In total, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights estimates that the world has 100 million homeless people.
http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/poorest-list/the-15-most-homeless-cities-in-the-world/

Kudos to all the good people who spend much of their lives working to ease the plight of the homeless. And one seeming tick there for McDonald's of China, too.

See also:

Donald Trump’s Trolls Unleash Hell on Veterans
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‘Poor people don’t plan long-term. We’ll just get our hearts broken’
Why do so many poor people eat junk food, fail to budget properly, show no ambition? Linda Tirado knew exactly why…
because she was one of them. Here, in an extract from her book, Hand to Mouth, she tells her story in her own words
Linda Tirado Sunday 21 September 2014 08.26 BST
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=112640981