Government Should Not House Homeless, Survey Shows
Mike Colpitts
April 28, 2009
The majority of those surveyed feel that the increasing number of tent cities plaguing the nationīs cities should not be shut down by government authorities and moved to other government managed facilities, according to a new survey by Housing Predictor.
The message is resoundingly clear: The government should not house the nationīs homeless.
The nationīs foreclosure epidemic and growing unemployment have produced the highest number of tent cities since the Great Depression. As a consequence, those evicted from foreclosed properties with no where else to turn have developed tent cities in communities across the country. They are scattered from Southern California to Rhode Island and dozens of communities in between as the course of last resort for the down and out.
Some 58% of those surveyed said the government should not shut down tent cities for the homeless and relocate them. The remaining 42% said the government should get involved and move tent city residents into government managed facilities.
Not since the Great Depression has the country faced the possibility of government intervention of the homeless at the level it is today with unemployment in some of the nationīs most populated areas topping 14%. The government accounting office estimates that there are now more than 1.4-million homes sitting vacant in America as a result of the foreclosure crisis and homeowners that are unable or unwilling to pay their mortgages.
However, there are signs that housing markets are improving in some areas of the country. Housing Predictor forecasts more than 250 local housing markets in all 50 states and provides real estate news. Visit http://www.housingpredictor.com
The message is resoundingly clear: The government should not house the nationīs homeless.
The nationīs foreclosure epidemic and growing unemployment have produced the highest number of tent cities since the Great Depression. As a consequence, those evicted from foreclosed properties with no where else to turn have developed tent cities in communities across the country. They are scattered from Southern California to Rhode Island and dozens of communities in between as the course of last resort for the down and out.
Some 58% of those surveyed said the government should not shut down tent cities for the homeless and relocate them. The remaining 42% said the government should get involved and move tent city residents into government managed facilities.
Not since the Great Depression has the country faced the possibility of government intervention of the homeless at the level it is today with unemployment in some of the nationīs most populated areas topping 14%. The government accounting office estimates that there are now more than 1.4-million homes sitting vacant in America as a result of the foreclosure crisis and homeowners that are unable or unwilling to pay their mortgages.
However, there are signs that housing markets are improving in some areas of the country. Housing Predictor forecasts more than 250 local housing markets in all 50 states and provides real estate news. Visit http://www.housingpredictor.com
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