Homelessness

Here is the article quoting Obama from Tuesday.

clipped from www.nytimes.com Cities Deal With a Surge in Shantytowns Tuesday night, President Obama was asked directly about the tent cities and responded by saying that it was “not acceptable for children and families to be without a roof over their heads in a country as wealthy as ours.” Hoovervilles, illegal encampments of homeless people that are reminiscent, on a far smaller scale, of Depression-era shantytowns. These are able-bodied folks that did day labor, at minimum wage or better, who were previously able to house themselves based on their income,” said Michael Stoops, the executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless “That’s all part of that underground economy,” Mr. Barfield said. “It’s what happens when a person is trying to survive.”