$1.2 billion will be distributed to more than 500 cities, counties and communities for rent relief, housing relocation and stabilization services, and administrative costs.
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New York City homelessness officials are preparing for a surge in homelessness as school lets out. Many families have been staving off homelessness as long as possible so that children could finish the school year.
A map prepared by the National Alliance to End Homelessness shows point in time homelessness counts across the country, highlighting areas that have experienced increases and decreases in the number of homeless.
Research on US programs for the needy (i.e., welfare, unemployment, housing assistance, Food Stamps and health insurance), published by the New York Times, reveals that as millions of people seek aid, they are finding a complex system that reaches some and rejects others.
This BBC report describes the experiences of the increasing number of homeless families in the US, including 15,000 homeless children in New York alone.
The number of homeless families in the Washington metropolitan area increased 15 percent in the past year, while the number of homeless individuals declined.
A recent report by the National Center on Family Homelessness provides estimates of homelessness among children, estimating that more than 1.5 million children are homeless each year (one in every 50 American children).
This link opens a New York Times article on the rising number of homeless encampments in cities across the country. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/us/26tents.html
The number of home foreclosure filings continued to climb in 2008. The number of foreclosures in 2008 was 81% higher than in 2007, and the 2007 rate was 75% higher than in 2006 (for a total 2-year increase of 225%).
The Housing Wage is the full-time hourly wage one would need to earn in order to pay what the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates to be the Fair Market Rent for an apartment, spending no more than 30% of income on housing costs. The table compares the wages needed for a…