red states rule
08-04-2008, 06:36 AM
Where is the liberal media with this story? Or because it is good news, it is being ignored by the left?
HUD: Homeless population declining
By STEPHANIE S. GARLOW – 5 days ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of homeless in the United States decreased about 12 percent between 2005 and 2007, with an even larger decline in the number of people who are chronically homeless, the government reported Tuesday.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development credited the decline to programs that offer permanent housing and support services for the disabled homeless.
HUD in recent years has shifted resources from emergency shelters to transitional and permanent housing, placing an emphasis on ending chronic homelessness, defined as disabled people who have been living on the streets for more than a year or have been homeless at least four times in the past three years.
Some homeless advocates said HUD's emphasis on the decline in chronic homelessness paints too rosy a picture.
"It's not a true reflection of what's going on among the homeless population," said Michael Stoops, acting executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless. Stoops said there are always some homeless who are not counted, adding that people who are not chronically homeless are getting too little attention from the government.
The report does not take into account the effects of the foreclosure crisis and recently slowing economy. Stoops predicted both will increase the number of homeless families.
The report attributes part of the decline to improved data collection. The "snapshot" data count the number of homeless people on the street and in emergency shelters on a night in January 2007 as recorded by more than 3,800 cities and counties.
Many of those locations were not included in the 2006 survey. Comparing the 2007 and 2006 data for locations that were part of both counts showed a 6 percent decline in homelessness.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hilbIWOEb48UnqTqExW0W5GwmnKAD927K7FOJ
HUD: Homeless population declining
By STEPHANIE S. GARLOW – 5 days ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of homeless in the United States decreased about 12 percent between 2005 and 2007, with an even larger decline in the number of people who are chronically homeless, the government reported Tuesday.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development credited the decline to programs that offer permanent housing and support services for the disabled homeless.
HUD in recent years has shifted resources from emergency shelters to transitional and permanent housing, placing an emphasis on ending chronic homelessness, defined as disabled people who have been living on the streets for more than a year or have been homeless at least four times in the past three years.
Some homeless advocates said HUD's emphasis on the decline in chronic homelessness paints too rosy a picture.
"It's not a true reflection of what's going on among the homeless population," said Michael Stoops, acting executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless. Stoops said there are always some homeless who are not counted, adding that people who are not chronically homeless are getting too little attention from the government.
The report does not take into account the effects of the foreclosure crisis and recently slowing economy. Stoops predicted both will increase the number of homeless families.
The report attributes part of the decline to improved data collection. The "snapshot" data count the number of homeless people on the street and in emergency shelters on a night in January 2007 as recorded by more than 3,800 cities and counties.
Many of those locations were not included in the 2006 survey. Comparing the 2007 and 2006 data for locations that were part of both counts showed a 6 percent decline in homelessness.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hilbIWOEb48UnqTqExW0W5GwmnKAD927K7FOJ