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How Bad is Homelessness
in the United States?
The Wall is a revival center for homeless individuals. All individuals will get their own miniature room,
with a desk, closet, bed, white eraser board, and a desktop computer. The twelve step recovery program
that has been made popular by Alcoholics Anonymous will be used and all residents are required to
attend AA meetings for the first 90 days. aptisms in !hrist are not required but recommended during
their first week of housing. The main area has a wall that pro"ects recorded church services from
around the country #like Tampa, $lorida%s &elevant !hurch and 'os Angeles% (osaic !hurch along with
)ewish *ervices to help better understand the +ld !ovenant, and live high definition feeds on *undays
with general public attendance welcomed. The second area is where the A.A. meetings are held and the
third area is a recording studio for neighborhood musicians to use. $or every hour of assistance of the
homeless by individuals of the neighborhood, one hour will be allotTed to use the -.00,000 studio with
studio engineer included. The Wall will also pro"ect /isney films when not pro"ecting pre0recorded
sermons and will run twenty four hours a day when the recovering are sleepless and restless, especially
in the early of recovery. aptisms in the 'ord )esus% name will be held on *aturday 1ights. At night,
hallway audio from the pro"ection television will shut off to provide rest for the restless in an
atmosphere that is loving and regular communal events and interaction to heal the bodies, minds, and
spirits of the abandoned.2olunteer and paid nurses will assist in physical issues, including bloodwork.
(ental issues will be assigned to a building psychiatrist, with the ability to prescribe drugs like
'ithium, and paid for by The Wall.
/onations will be accepted via electronically on *undays when The Wall is open to the general public
and online. 'ive high0definition video feeds will be streaming on the The Wall *ocial 1etworking
*martphone Application #iphone and android, in all main areas twenty0four hours a day. A small
percentage of profits from a&ecords, 3arthreneur 4ublishing, 3arthreneur $ilms and 3arthreneur rick
5 (ortor will go towards the e6ponential e6pansion of The Wall, 7*A. Artists and authors will the
option of donating part of their 889 percent profit margin to The Wall, but at their own free will : we
recommend to only do that once they #and their families, are out of poverty before they do that but we
also recommend that they get led by The ;oly *pirit.
After 90 days of recovery, the recovered will begin "ob training in an area of their liking and basic tools
like clean clothes, a smartphone, and fast food gift cards will be supplied, along with any tools needed
for their trade prior to starting employment. They will be alotted assistance for housing for one month
and market gift certificates for one month%s food supply after their first check is received, with two
weeks of additional living at The Wall and transition assistance.
The goal is rapidly open locations at an e6ponential rate with the intention of completely ending
homeless in the 7nited *tates of America by *ummer of <0=8, following the description above, hitting
>0 ma"or cities by the end of <0=? and with a search0and0rescue team for rural pickups, and closing the
gap in <0=8 for a more strategic rescue.
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These are the twelve steps as introduced by Alcoholic%s Anonymous but is also used for 1arcotics
Anonymous, (ari"uana Anonymous, and (ethamphetamine Anonymous.
1. We admit we were powerless over alcoholthat our lives had become
unmanageable.
2. Come to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Make a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care o !od as we
understand "im.
#. Make a searching and earless moral inventory o ourselves.
$. %dmit to !od& to ourselves& and to another human being the e'act nature o our
wrongs.
(. )o be entirely ready to have !od remove all these deects o character.
*. "umbly ask "im to remove our shortcomings.
+. Make a list o all persons we have harmed& and became willing to make amends
to them all.
,. Make direct amends to such people wherever possible& e'cept when to do so
would in-ure them or others.
1.. Continue to take personal inventory and when we we/re wrong promptly
admitted it.
11. 0eek through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with
!od& as we understand "im& praying only or knowledge o "is will or us and the
power to carry that out.
12. "aving had a spiritual awakening as the result o these 0teps& try to carry this
message to alcoholics& and to practice these principles in all our aairs.
The Wall staff will seek out their individual desires, strengths, and talents, to move and motivate them
to start a life more powerful, more meaningful, and en"oyable than their past life.
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@t is difficult for e6tremely talented musicians to get into music as a profession because they do not fit
the AmoldB label reps are looking for. WhyC They are completely different beings then what the Akey
holdersB are looking for. The truth is, the new talent is too new, too evolved : they are !&3AT7&3*,
not humans, that are a product of a world even more difficult to survive in than it was for the
generation that came before. All of a sudden, in "ust a single generation, the information put upon them
because of the @nternet turned them into heavy0burdened e6periments. @f the generation that came
before #parents, are ;umanD 2ersion =.=< and the generation before them #grandparents, areEwhere
;umanD 2ersions =.== , todayFs youth are !yborg ;umanD 2ersion <?.GG. The sad Truth is earlier
generations would never cop to the fact theyFre wayyyy behind on everything because they didnFt live
their early years on a 4! or i4ad #harsh reality,. Hou can blame the people who lead their home church
#not mine : @ love 'oren and 'inda $aith Tabernacle West 'A like craIy,, their favorite dial on T2 or
favorite $( Talk &adio *how because of the Advertising they allow in between their programming
#and some of the programming itself, reeks of old pride0building, outdated ideal, fear0based bullshit
and simple are not Truthful.
Artists that are blessed enough to have a record deal will see around 89 of your money, 80 cents from
=,000 cents #-0.80 from -=0.00, when the consumer purchases as album today. &ecord companies have
bills to pay. They are operating on old0fashioned business structures that include many e6ecutives and
too many employees. $or whatC *o you can download your music on iTunes or AmaIonC a0hum0bug.
AmaIon came after iTunes : and they both came after 1apster. 1apster allowed you to illegally
download digital music for the first time in history at no cost, unless you got sued by one of the ig *i6
that is #fun factD )ustin Timberlake plays the guy who started 1apster in the movie A*ocial 1etworkB,.
@nstead of going to your local 2irgin &ecords #yes, @ still remember that after all those years of pot0
smoking, and picking up an album for -=<.99, -=?.99, -=>.99, or -<<.99 #'imited 3dition, bitches,
Agood folkB started buying music from Apple around the same time Apple released the i4od and iTunes
#the first legal option to download albums legally, for an average of -9.99. @ bet Apple thought, AWhy
should they pay as much as a !/C They are getting much less.B About eleven times less.
@n <00G, when a !/ was the only option to listen to music without the possibility of being sued by a
label. *teve )obs came out with the solution #or saw a shit0load of money waiting to madeJ donFt hate
the playa, hate the game, playa hater,. To save space and store songs on the i4od, sound quality for
songs through iTunes rated at =<> kbps. !/ audio quality is rated at =K== kbps. =K== divided by =<> L
==.0< which means songs shrank == times in siIe when buying music over the web became legal #from
? feet to ... inches if a ?F human went through the same changes,. *ure it was a Asmart compressionB
but so was A;oney, @ *hrunk the MidsB : to me, it was like some AThingB took my favorite music and
pooped all over it. @ am a musician and @ hear 323&HT;@1N. !ymbals began to all sound the same
after that. *ong composition and structure became less detailed because the medium in which the music
was delivered had permanent disabilityD tiny. $ret notD this clean kid has been playing in the dirt and
getting dirty for some time now and is now ready to clean up the music industry until it is shiny,
golden, and sparkly, kind of like how it used be : but better.
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The world will change in all the ways every generation wants or once wanted when a&ecords as a team
of leaders and musicians is the idle ;umvee thatFs on the frontline the ig War. WhatFs the ig WarC
@tFs all the wars tossed into +ne War : 4ride, ;ate, Terrorism, /ependenceO you name it and itFs in
part of the ig War and, as Nod as my witness, a&ecordsF talented warriors will be doing all the
fighting for you until the ig War is Won by the singing angels that )ohnny !ash sings about when Athe
man comes aroundB and by The 4eople of this fine country who support these singing angels. +ne
thing that @ learned to be fact is there isnFt nothing you canFt accomplish in the World with the use of
music, specifically, in regards to influencing it : when music is received well #when its popular, it
really means youFve AroaredB really loud #thank you Maty 4erry, and you will be heard by the whole
planet.
@ wouldnFt start a&ecords if it wasnFt to, in short time, give artists the opportunity to do live shows all
over the country independently and, if successful, they can come home to a really nice apartment,
condo, or house and live normal life. They can make -80,000 a year if they sell only =0,000 copies of
their album over their tour, based on artist choosing to sell their album for -=0, selling =0,000,
receiving 809 commission. Hou donFt start to see that kind of money from current labels until you hit
ANoldB #=00,000 copies sold,. +f course you need money to tour, but itFs <0=K and there are cheap
options to accomplish goals that never e6isted "ust =0 years ago, <0 years, or G0 years ago. *ure, one
day, sooner than later, a&ecords will be able to give tour per0diems for its people, but @ donFt know
when and itFs not important : what is important is understanding, living, and becoming truly
@ndependent.
@f you donFt know what AThe WallB is, @ suggest you read about it in the ne6t chapter after this. @n
summary, it is a loving, rich refugee camp that will provide small, individual rooms for the weary,
willing individuals whoFve been turned away from everybody, every placeO but the streets #if Nod
wills it, The Wall will be in eighty cities and American towns by *ummer <0=8,.
3very refuge site will have a portion of the building dedicated for use by the musicians in those
American communities, providing a professional0grade recording studio, full set of instruments for
many genres #from bongo to bass, from congo to cello, for no money. Attend a seminar, book your time
in advance, do your thing, and e6port your files. These are appreciative people so @ donFt have to tell
them to be loving and caring to the space, they will be happier than a pup "ust to be there. The required
seminar will be in place to create an atmosphere of structure more than anything.
What @ see coming out of the *tudio portion of a&ecords is what will outshine every other part of this
labelD the passion and the stories that these Asystem0leechesB and Are"ectsB : the end result will not only
reach the ends of the earth because this is what theyFre hungry for, itFll t have them on the ground on
their knees and weeping uncontrollably : a non0stop, unified worldwide weep, if @ may.
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When a&ecords is first ready for the public it will be able to deliver content at rates as high as !/
quality, as low as iTunes quality, and anywhere in between because it will be based out of a Noogle
$iber ;ood in Mansas !@ty. *ee google.comEfiber for more info.
As a&ecords continue to grow, it will be able to act a fulfillment center. @t will be able to receive
posters, buttons, vinyl records, and !/ albums that the artists create under quality controlled guidelines
and be able to add them to purchasing options for their fans.
When a&ecords reaches its full potential, it will dump the fulfillment center and be able to make and
print posters, buttons, vinyl records, and !/ albums. @t will much cheaper for the beautiful artists and
their beautiful fans because the artists donFt have to pay shipping, mastering, and printing costs.
+h, and everybody is welcome to play ball from the first day a&ecords opens its doors to the point
where its conquering The World. )ust signup and start selling. The rest is up to you.
When a&ecords reaches its full potential #no time at all, people,, hereFs what you, the consumer will be
able to get at a price that the artists setsD
@nstant download at quality up to !/
4ay -. more and get either a 2inyl &ecord or !/ Album of the same !/ to your door to
cover shipping, parts, and labor costs
/ue to awesome copyright laws, your electronic receipt is the proof youFre the owner the rights to that
album so if we copy it to 2inyl or !/, itFs no big deal, baby. $or a few bucks get buttons that the artists
create and for -=0 get A1/ 4+*T3&*PPP
1n summary& kiss my ass 2ig 0i' 3Warner& 4M1& C20& 2M!& 5M!& P!6. @f youFre financially
dependent or responsible forEto any of these companies #@ love you AmaIonP @Fm not talking to AmaIon
here, people,, itFs time to start looking for new "obs, liquidating your corporation, and start renting out
your offices and cubicles on !raigslist because starting today, youFre on a lifeline that is counting down
to Iero #i.e., your death,. Hou M13W this day was comingO and now itFs here. (erry !hristmasP
HouFll thank me later.
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According the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
there are 610,042 Homeless People in America (January 2014).
Chicago, City of
The city of Chicago, Illinois is also noted for its number of homeless people. Over the years,
Chicago has gained a reputation as the city with the most homeless people, rivaling Los Angeles
and New York, although no statistical data have backed this up. The reputation stems primarily from
the subjective number of beggars found on the streets rather than any sort of objective statistical
census data. Indeed, from statistical data, Chicago has far less homeless per capita than peers New
York, and Los Angeles, or other major cities such as Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Boston,
among others, with only 5,922 homeless recorded in a one night count taken in 2007.
Homeless woman taking a nap on some construction lumber in Chicago.
Denver, City of
While Mayor of Denver, Colorado, Colorado Governor John Hickenloopermade dealing with the
issues that underlie homelessness a top priority on his Mayoral agenda, speaking heavily on the
issue during his first "State of the City" address in 2003. While Denver's homeless population is
much lower than other major cities, the homeless residents have often suffered when without shelter
during Denver's infamously cold winters. Now officials have said that this number has risen over
the past few years.
As of January of 2014 and found that 5,812 individuals were experiencing homelessness
and 2,230 people were at-risk of homelessness in the Denver area.
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Florida, State of
Homeless advocate and urban designer Michael E. Arth proposed building a Pedestrian village for
the adult homeless in Volusia Countynear Daytona Beach, Florida in 2007. As of 2009, Arth was
still working toward trying to consolidate most of the scattered 19 local agencies into an attractive
community that would be designed to more effectively address the needs of the chronically adult
homeless and the temporarily adult homeless, as well as others who may be having difficulty fitting
into the pervasive, automobile-dominated culture. He writes that the current "piecemeal approach"
inefficiently spreads out services and work opportunities, and aggravates the problem by polarizing
citizens who might otherwise be inclined to help. In response to critics who say that such a village
would be like a concentration camp, Arth points out that the U.S. already concentrates their citizens
into prisons at 78 times the rate of Canada or Europe. "There should be alternative between living
on the street and being locked up that addresses the needs of the chronically and temporarily adult
homeless." His proposed "Tiger Bay Village" would have a community garden and orchard, a place
to hire certified workers, and a work crew to help build and maintain the village. "Little shops in the
village center could process and rehabilitate donated clothes and furnishings to be sold to the
public." Housing would range from multi-bed barracks to small Katrina cottages depending on a
person's contributions to the village, special needs, and income. Arth claims that this would cost less
and be far more effective than any of the other solutions tried elsewhere.
In a bizarre story, George Grayson, 37, was paid $50 to get beaten by an attractive female for fetish website
shefights.net along with other St. Petersburg homeless men who where paid $25 to $50 for female domination purposes.
According to the Department of Children and Families' most recent report, there are 85,907 persons
homeless on any given day, and only about 9,000 emergency shelter beds and an additional 13,000
transitional shelter beds available to provide lodging to the entire homeless population. According
to the Huffington Post, the State of Florida is the most dangereous place for homeless people.
From left to right, a homeles teenage Pinellas Park couple at the laundramat (left); a homeless family as a result of a
Florida home foreclosure (right).
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Indianapolis, City of
In Indianapolis, Indiana, as many as 2,200 people are homeless on any given night, and as many as
15,000 individuals over the course of a year. Indianapolis is notable among cities of similar size for
having only faith-based shelters, such as the century-old Wheeler Mission. In 2001, Mayor Bart
Petersonendorsed a 10-year plan, called the[139]Blueprint to End Homelessness, and made it one of
his administration's top priorities. The plan's main goals are for more affordable housing units,
employment opportunities, and support services. The Blueprint notwithstanding, Indianapolis has
criminalized aspects of homelessness, such as making panhandling a misdemeanor; and the City-
County Council has twice (in April 2002, and August 2005) denied the zoning necessary to open a
new shelter for homeless women.
A hidden living area with makeshift bedding, child's tent, a bicycle for transportation and a iron rod for protection.
Los Angeles, City-County of
In its January 2013 census, Los Angeles County counted 39,463 people sleeping on the
street or in homeless shelters. When including persons sleeping on private property with
permission to stay no more than 90 days, the estimated number of homeless in Los Angeles
County is 57,737.
The number of people in the latter category, called "precariously housed" or "at risk of
homelessness", was estimated by means of a telephone survey. The number of homeless in
Los Angeles County, including the precariously housed and at risk of homelessness, was
51,340 in 2011, of which 23,539 were in the City of Los Angeles, and 4,316 were in the 50
block area east of downtown Los Angeles informally known as Skid Row. It is estimated
that 190,207 people are homeless in Los Angeles County at least one night during the year.
The 2013 census notes that 31.4% of the homeless in Los Angeles County are substance
abusers, 30.2% are mentally ill, and 18.2% have a physical disability. The census also notes
that 68.2% of the homeless are male, 38% are African American, 37% are Caucasian, 28%
are Hispanic, and 57.6% are between 25 and 54 years old.
On a given night, about 12,934 homeless people stay in a shelter. The number includes
families staying in motels on emergency vouchers.
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Massachusetts, City of
In December 2007, Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston, announced that the one night homeless
count had revealed that the actual number of homeless living in the streets was down.
In October 2008, Connie Paige of The Boston Globe reported that the number of homeless in
Massachusetts had reached an all-time high, mostly due to mortgage foreclosures and the national
economic crisis.
In October 2009, as part of the city's Leading the Way initiative, Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston
dedicated and opened the Weintraub Day Center which is the first city-operated day center for
chronically homeless persons. It is a multi-service center, providing shelter, counseling, health care,
housing assistance, and other support services. It is a 3,400-square-foot (320 m2) facility located in
the Woods Mullen Shelter. It is also meant to reduce the strain on the city's hospital emergency
rooms by providing services and identifying health problems before they escalate into emergencies.
It was funded by $3 million in grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,
Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), the Massachusetts
Medical Society and Alliance Charitable Foundation, and the United States Department of Health
and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
In 2010, there was a continued crackdown on panhandling, especially the aggressive type, in
downtown Boston. Summonses were being handed out, with scheduled court appearances. The
results were mixed and in one upscale neighborhood, Beacon Hill, the resolve of the Beacon Hill
Civic Association, which has received only one complaint about panhandlers, was to try to solve the
bigger problem not by criminal actions.
Due to economic constraints in 2010, Governor Deval Patrick had to cut the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts 2011 budget so dental care for the majority of adults, including most homeless
people, covered by MassHealth (Medicaid) would no longer be provided except for cleaning and
extractions, with no fillings, dentures, or restorative care. This does not affect dental care for
children. The measure took effect in July 2010 and affects an estimated 700,000 adults, including
130,000 seniors.
In September 2010, it was reported that the Housing First Initiative had significantly reduced the
chronic homeless single person population in Boston, Massachusetts, although homeless families
were still increasing in number. Some shelters were reducing the number of beds due to lowered
numbers of homeless, and some emergency shelter facilities were closing, especially the emergency
Boston Night Center.
There is sometimes corruption and theft by the employees of a shelter as evidenced by a 2011
investigative report by FOX 25 TV in Boston wherein a number of Boston public shelter employees
were found stealing large amounts of food over a period of time from the shelter's kitchen for their
private use and catering.
Collen, 20, gets a remodeled sign by Viral Nova (left); a woman and her baby in a temporary shelter (center); an
exhausted man walking home from work and passing by a homeless man on a winter Boston evening (right)
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New York City, Boroughs of
According to the Coalition for the Homeless, the homeless
population of New York rose to an all-time high in 2011. A
reported 113,552 people slept in the city's emergency
shelters last year, including over 40,000 children; marking
an 8 percent increase from the previous year and a 37
percent increase from 2002. There was also a rise in the
number of families relying on shelters, approximately
29,000. That is an increase of 80% from 2002. About half of
the people who slept in shelter in 2010 returned for housing
in 2011.
According to the NYC Department of Homeless Services,
64 percent of those applying for emergency shelter in 2010
were denied. Several were denied because they were said to
have family who could house them when in actuality this
might not have been the case. Applicants may have faced
overcrowding, unsafe conditions, or may have had relatives
unwilling to house them. According to Mary Brosnaham,
spokeswoman for Coalition for the Homeless, the
administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg employs a deliberate policy of "active deterrence".
On March 18, 2013, the New York City Department of Homeless Services reported that the
sheltered homeless population consisted of: 27,844 adults, 20,627 children, 48,471 total individuals.
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San Francisco, City of
The city of San Francisco, California has a significant and visible homeless problem.
Approximately 61% of the homeless population were already living and working in San Francisco
when they became homeless, indicating that a vast majority of people experiencing homelessness
did not come to the city for its resources but rather are being priced out of their home. The city's
homeless population has been estimated at 7,00010,000 people, of which approximately 3,000
5,000 refuse shelter due to the conditions within the shelters including violence, racism, and
homophobia and transphobia. Additionally, there are only 1,339 available shelter beds for the
approximately 10,000 people sleeping outdoors. The city spends $200 million a year on
homelessness related programs.
On May 3, 2004, San Francisco officially began an attempt to scale back the scope of its
homelessness problem by changing its strategy from cash payments to the "Care Not Cash" plan
which has had no visible impact on reducing homelessness in the city. At the same time, grassroots
organizations within the Bay Area such as the Suitcase Clinic work to provide referrals for housing
and employment to the homeless population. Other organizations like the Coalition On
Homelessness fight for increasing affordable and supportive housing in the quickly changing
housing landscape of San Francisco. In 2010, a city ordinance was passed to disallow sitting and
lying down on public sidewalks for most of the day, from 7 am until 11 pm furthering a
"criminalization" strategy for responding to homelessness.
A group of San Francisco teenagers sitting behind a building.
A couple living in a tent behind a building.
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Washington D.C., Providence of
Coming in at only 69 square miles, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
estimated in 2013 the number of homeless in Washington, D.C. as 6,865, which was a 29 percent
increase after 2007. D.C. ranks eighth regarding total homeless population among other major
American cities.The city passed a law that requires to provide shelter to everybody in need when
the temperature drops below freezing. Since D.C. does not have enough shelter units available,
every winter it books hotel rooms in the suburbs with an average cost around $100 for a night.
According to the D.C. Department of Human Services, during the winter of 2012 the city spent
$2,544,454 on putting homeless families in hotels, and budgeted $3.2 million on hotel beds in
2013, temporary solutions, that if re-planned can pay for some, if not all of their revival.
A homeless person getting some rest on a city bench.
Other American Cities
Area : Amount (rounded to nearest 100)
Austin, City of : 2,300 people
Kansas City : 1,200 people; 15,000 vacant homes
Detroit, City of : 20,000 people
Philidephia, City of : 5,500 people
Baltimore, City of : 2,600 people
[Downtown] Escondido / San Diego City : 11 people / 2,700 people
Seattle, City of : 2,300 people
California Students enrolled in 2012-2013 School Year : 270,000 people
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Austin, TX
Austin Echo has fed Mayling (left) and
her mother Marta during Harvest Fast
Day. 2,017 AISD (Grade 7 to 12 -
2013 to 2014 Year) are currently
without a home and lost 1,200 students
for the '14 - '15 School Year.
Kansas City
According to the Homeless
Services Coalition,there
are 11 unaccompanied
youths between 11 and 17
and 364 homeless families
with youth.
A Detroit man (below) was found frozen in the winter's ice after hiding in the
basement of a building after being threatened for trespassing on ground level.
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Philadelphia
A homeless woman holding a sign that
says "Homeless. Husband has cancer.
Got proof. $25 daily co-pay."
Baltimore
Two African Americans getting some
solace on a hot day and hot concrete.
San Diego
A row of homeless people's shopping
carts with their belongings.
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Seattle
A gathering for the homeless on a hill overlooking city lights.
AFRICA
The Continent of Africa, the proven birthplace of human
life approximately 6,000 years ago, is home to one billion
homeless people, with over 500,000,000 being under six
years of age because they don't live that long under those
conditions. To put it in perspective, one out of every 14
human being on earth is homeless, under six years old, lives
in Africa, and looks something like this.
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The other half [billion] are still too young to watch a Rated
R movie or smoke cigarettes in the United States.
Most of this section was directly extracted from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States
on September 22, 2014.
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