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February,  2005

AP Poll Shows Concern About Homelessness  2/26/2005 AP: "Republicans, men and those below age 30 or above age 65 were more inclined to say the long-term homeless are responsible for their situation."

Number of Homeless in America Has Grown  2/26/2005 AP 


July,  2004

San Francisco families protest Bush’s Section 8 de-funding  7/14/2004 Poor News Network 

Foster mom has helped hundreds  7/8/2004 Indianapolis Star: "About a third of Indiana's 3,800 foster parents are black, and most live in urban centers of the state. In many counties where there are black children in need of foster care, there are no black foster parents. Of the approximately 5,100 children in foster care statewide, more than 1,800 are black. Many people, including Johnson, blame illegal drugs for such high numbers. "These drugs are rampant. And so many of these mothers are homeless," Johnson said. She has helped young mothers maintain a bond with their children as they work through problems and the foster care system."


June,  2004

Surge in Homeless Families Sets Off Debate  6/29/2004 NYT: " It is hard to count homeless families, because by their very nature they drift from relatives to shelters to friends' homes. The nationwide count most often cited comes from the Urban Institute, a research group in Washington that surveyed homeless assistance providers in 1996. It found that at least 1.4 million children and 2 million adults were homeless, but that number has surely grown as cities like Columbus, Ohio; Philadelphia; St. Louis; and New York have all reported surges at their homeless shelters for the last two or three years. Some experts on homelessness say the numbers are growing because of the widening gap between low pay and high rents. But others say the federally built homeless shelter system, which helped pay for welcoming surroundings like the Landon House Shelter, has become too attractive for poor families to resist."

Homeless numbers up 9% in past year - And more have been on streets for over a year, Dallas census finds  6/22/2004 Dallas Morning News 

Section 8 Threatened  6/22/2004 National Coalition for the Homeless 

Rep. Frank and Leading Advocates Convey Impact of the Bush Administration's Section 8 Funding Decision  6/21/2004 National Coalition for the Homeless 

New York Seeks to Make Homeless Shelters Less Inviting  6/16/2004 NYT: "In an effort to reduce reliance on the municipal shelter system, New York City is seeking to increase resources to prevent homelessness and to eliminate longstanding practices that may encourage people to enter the shelter system. It may also ask single people and families to pay part of the costs of a shelter if they are financially able."

Attacks against homeless on the rise  6/15/2004 Newsday 


May,  2004

Cutbacks to Section 8 housing threaten increased homelessness  5/3/2004 Final Call 


March,  2004

Dallas, TX: Proposed "intake center" for homeless looks scary  3/5/2004 Homeless People's Network 


February,  2004

FORTY-DAY FAST BY HOUSING ACTIVISTS SCHEDULED FOR LENT  2/16/2004 Homeless People's Network: "A Black activist and a Latino activist from the Olive Branch Community will begin a forty-day fast on Ash Wednesday, February 25, to focus attention on the need for a bilingual Latino family shelter in the District of Columbia."


January,  2004

New England Women's Expo: Food Drive, Donations to Homeless Shelters, plus more  1/30/2004 Homeless People's Network 

Facts about Homelessness  1/15/2004 National Coalition for the Homeless 

National Alliance to End Homelessness: First Steering Committee Meeting, Boston, 1/22/04  1/11/2004 Black Voter Network: "Will we be part of such an inhuman conspiracy? Will we be muted militants? Will we wander in complacent despair, placing our energy into trying to stay two or three paychecks away from the plight of those above? Come join us. Our first meeting of the steering committee is Thursday, January 22, 2004 at 6:30pm. Temporary location: 65 Jay St., Cambridge, MA 02139 Contact: ncaeh2004@yahoo.com "

Homelessness on the Rise Throughout the U.S.  1/3/2004 NNPA 

Group: End homelessness in 10 years  1/2/2004 Herald Sun, NC: "Homelessness is not an inevitable part of life, and by concentrating its resources, Durham can end it within 10 years, says a group of nonprofit agencies working on such a plan."

Hunger and homelessness: A continuing problem  1/2/2004 Final Call 


December,  2003

HUD grants tackle homelessness - Nearly $1.3 billion will fund local shelters, health care, job training programs  12/22/2003 Inman News 

Poor sliding into homelessness  12/22/2003 Deseret Morning News, Utah 

Duo chronicling homelessness in rap  12/21/2003 Alameda Times-Star, CA 

Experts Available To Discuss Increase in Hunger, Homelessness in U.S. Cities  12/19/2003 BusinessWire 

Homelessness grew in 2003, mayors say  12/19/2003 AP 

Survey Finds Hunger, Homelessness Growing in U.S.  12/18/2003 Reuters: "Almost half the homeless population is black, 35 percent is white and 13 percent Hispanic. People remain homeless an average of five months -- though many have lived on the streets for years."

$1 Million Program Launched to Prevent Homelessness in MA.; 18 Selected Programs Target Families and Individuals  12/11/2003 BusinessWire 

Corporate media lies - Houseless people protest lies in Chronicle’s homeless series  12/10/2003 SF Bay View 

El Paso County Is Enacting A Plan To End Homelessness Within The Next 10 Years  12/10/2003 KRDO, TX 

NEWSOM: 'THE TIME FOR CHANGE IS HERE' CLOSE RACE: Gonzalez does well against Dems  12/10/2003 SF Chronicle: "Gavin Newsom, riding voter frustration with homelessness and fueled by nearly $4 million in campaign contributions, won election Tuesday as San Francisco's 42nd mayor in a campaign viewed as a test of strength for the city's dominant Democratic Party organization."

Bush administration pledges to work with SF mayor on homelessness  12/8/2003 San Jose Mercury News 

Homelessness an issue in S.F.  12/8/2003 UPI: "The standoff over San Francisco's homeless could prove to be the deciding factor Tuesday as the Green Party reaches for its first victory in a big-city mayoral race against a Democrat who has been painted as an enemy of the poor by members of the city's sizable left-wing community."

Homelessness needs to be addressed now  12/6/2003 Chillicother Gazette, OH 

SHAME OF THE CITY - A WAY OUT Solving San Francisco's crisis of homelessness requires a sweeping, costly plan for housing and treatment - and political unity that has been missing for two decades  12/4/2003 SF Chronicle 


November,  2003

San Francisco has the nation's worst problem with homelessness. Thousands are without shelter, and as many as 5,000 spend virtually all their time on the street.  11/30/2003 SF Chronicle 

Slow economy sends more to food banks  11/30/2003 Dallas Examiner 

In A Land of Plenty, More Blacks Forage for Food  11/25/2003 Black America Web: "America’s Second Harvest, a national hunger relief organization that is affiliated with more than 200 regional emergency food programs – which in turn work with some 50,000 community and faith-based charities – has seen more of a demand for food relief during the past two years. Between 2001 and 2002, requests for emergency food have increased by an average of 19 percent in the nation’s cities."

Bringing America Home Act  11/9/2003 bringingamericahome.org: "The Bringing America Home Act (H.R. 2897), introduced in the 108th Congress by Rep. Julia Carson (D-IN) and John Conyers of (D-MI). This comprehensive bill is designed to end homelessness in the United States and includes housing, health, income and civil rights components. The proposed legislation represents the most comprehensive initiative to date to address modern homelessness and is based on research, data, and the experience of front line providers and advocates."

Plan to Convene The National Convention of the Alliance to End Homelessness in America  11/9/2003 Black Voter Network: "Mission: An Alliance of homeless citizens, frontline providers, and advocates for the homeless will piggyback on the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston to bring attention to the disgraceful condition that exists in the United States of America, the ever-growing and unchecked problem of homelessness. While the whole world is watching the Alliance will convene a meeting of delegates from cities and towns across the nation to establish a national agenda, which will demand elected officials to address the issue of homelessness in America. Among other initiatives, the Alliance will mobilize the homeless to register to vote, and it will organize grassroots support for the Bringing America Home Act that was introduced to the United States Congress on July 25, 2003."

Homeless Survey Totals Provoke Hope, Surprise  11/7/2003 Berkeley Daily Planet, CA 


October,  2003

Kucinich targets homelessness, Bush, Clark and Lieberman  10/22/2003 Politics NH 

New funding announced for chronic homelessness  10/11/2003 AP 

Africa Unite Against Homelessness: Mashatile  10/8/2003 All Africa 

A day on streets of despair  10/6/2003 Dallas Morning News: "If you want to see desperation and despair, go to the corner of South Central Expressway at Clarence Street. There, under a busy interstate overpass, exists a makeshift community of dozens of downtrodden men and women who live in cardboard contraptions, sleep on the ground and, occasionally, wash their clothes in small buckets. They call this "home." "

Violence Against the Homeless  10/4/2003 Afro American Newspapers: "According to the National Coalition Against the Homeless, last year there were 123 homeless persons murdered by non-homeless persons and another 89 violent attacks that did not result in death. These murders and attacks against the homeless are not just violent crimes, they are hate crimes. They include horrible beatings with baseball bats, beheadings and setting homeless persons on fire. They are directed against homeless persons because they are homeless and vulnerable, mentally disabled or addicted and vulnerable, alone and vulnerable."

Health problems, homelessness await returning vets  10/1/2003 AP: "A Connecticut soldier who served in Iraq is homeless now and living in the state Veterans Home and Hospital in Rocky Hill. With more than 18-hundred servicemen and women on active duty, State Veterans Affairs Commissioner Linda Spoonster Schwartz says she has no idea how many will come home needing state services."


September,  2003

National Urban League Concerned About Increase in Poverty Rate Affecting Over 1 Million People and Possible Impact on Homelessness  9/26/2003 US Newswire 

On the streets of Westwood: stories of the homeless  9/21/2003 Daily Bruin, LA 


August,  2003

The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Homeless Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment.  8/6/2003 US Government 


June,  1999

Homeless woman shot dead by LAPD - Online info & related questions  6/1/1999 Homeless People's Network Discussion List