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Homeless Veterans Are Being Served A Free Thanksgiving Meal On The Battleship New Jersey |
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| Camden County, New Jersey homeless veterans will be able to celebrate Thanksgiving on the battleship. For the very first time, the Battleship New Jersey is going to serve a free turkey dinner to the vets and it will be served chow-line style in the galley | |
Homeless Veterans Receive Help In D.C. |
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| A federal grant will give housing vouchers to homeless vets in the District of Columbia area. Approximately 750 veterans and their families will be helped with this program. | |
Homeless Vets Are In Need Of Shelter Throughout The Country |
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| The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs stated there were approximately 68,000 homeless veterans in early 2011. About 145,000 veterans have spent one night or more in an emergency shelter and/or a transitional housing program last year. | |
Homeless Woman Stabbed To Death In Santa Rosa |
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| Michela Anne Wooldridge, age 24, was discovered outside of downtown on Fourth Street. Homeless advocates are now warning homeless women to be very cautious especially after dark, watch out for each other and not to travel alone. | |
Homelessness In America and Hunger Are On The Rise |
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| Poverty and homelessness is once again on the rise. Nearly 84% of cities across the country have reported increases for emergency food assistance during 2012 Of those seeking the emergency food assistance, approximately 37% were employed and 51% were families | |
Homelessness Is Growing In Montana |
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| The Homelessness Research Institute reported that the homeless population has increased from 1,196 to 1,768 or by forty-eight percent from 2009 to 2011. Homeless families also increased in the same time frame, up fifty-two percent | |
Hope For Ending Veterans Homelessness By 2015 |
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| According to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs there are more than 60,000 homeless veterans today. The VA is working together with local charitable groups to help resolve the problem. One of the programs that has worked quite well is the "rapid re-housing program." | |
Housing Authority In Austin, TX Needs To Find Funding For Housing Programs |
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| Since Proposition 15 did not pass, the Housing Authority has to find new ways to fund their programs. If the proposition had passed, it would of provided nearly $78 million for transitional and permanent housing | |
Housing Developers In Iowa Have Dropped Their Plans For Two Low-Income Housing Projects |
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| The plans to build multi-family housing units were pulled when the developers withdrew their applications. The housing was to be built in the east side of Waterloo | |
Housing Funding Increases In Minnesota |
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| State lawmakers approved $33 million for housing programs that will help to prevent homelessness and also construct affordable housing. The new funding will be used for a number of different programs. | |
Houston Housing Authority Announces $100 million in Housing Vouchers For Ending Homelessness |
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| One thousand new permanent housing unit for homeless people in Houston will be built over the next couple of years. The project vouchers are funded by HUD and up to 200 housing vouchers will be for the new properties | |
Houston Plans 1,000 Housing Units For The Homeless |
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| The city's homeless and people with low incomes are going to have access to the one thousand permanent housing units and the supportive services that will accompany them in the next couple of years. Housing may be ready in early February of next year | |
How Does One Soup Kitchen Make 3000 Meals A Day? |
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| One charity kosher soup kitchen in Brooklyn, NY has gone from 500 meals per day to 3000. They now provide meals for up to 500 seniors on a daily basis. This has provided much needed meals for low-income people. | |
How Innovative Device Helps The Homeless |
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| A new device called the 'Personal Appointment Ticketing' (Pat) is a service that helps homeless people keep track of appointments, such as doctor appointments or social services appointments. The device consists of a wristband that contains important information that the homeless need to remember | |
How Well Are The Government's Homeless Funds Handled? |
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| The federal government allocates about $1.5 billion every year to address homelessness throughout the United States. The funding is given to the Continuum of Care. But the funds are not always given to communities with that have a serious homelessness situation | |
HUD Awards $26 Million For Senior Affordable Housing |
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| The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded the grants to the owners of eleven multi-family housing units. A portion of the apartments will be converted into assisted living or service-enriched housing units | |
HUD Reports Low-Income People Still Stuggling With Housing Costs |
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| Since 2007 there has been 43.5% increase in households seeking low-income housing. Competition is already fierce for available affordable units. The increased demand is in part due to lower homeownership rates | |
Hurricane Sandy Victims Receive Good News From The IRS |
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| Waivers will be given so the victims can apply for low housing tax credit, even if they did not qualify as low-income before the hurricane. With so many people homeless now this is assistance that is welcomed by many. | |
Indiana's Poultry Farms Make Big Donation To Food Pantries |
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| Some of the state's largest poultry producers have given more than 200,000 pounds of poultry to food pantries in the state for the holiday season this year. Poultry producers in Indiana have donated food for 65 consecutive years to local communities | |
Invisible Homelessness in Colorado |
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| Many homeless people are not living on the streets but are living with family members. They often have to move from one family member's house to another | |
Is Hunger Out Of Control In The United States? |
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| Sadly, for many people in this country, hunger is part of their everyday life. Many families today have to make choices about buying food or paying other bills. Food pantry usage is at an all time high | |
Is There A Low-income Housing Shortage In The U.S.? |
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| A new report found that in 2009, there were only about 5.4 million low-income housing units but approximately 11 million renters with low incomes. In fact, higher-income renters had rented about 2.3 million of these low-income units, which left about nine million of the poorest households left out of this rental market | |
It's Going To Be An EBT Thanksgiving This Year |
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| Because EBT (food stamp) cards usage is at an all time high and that food costs have risen dramatically, more people this year will be using their food benefits to buy food for Thanksgiving dinner. Over forty-seven million Americans have EBT cards | |
It's Turkey Time For Food Banks |
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| Giant Food, on Tuesday, delivered one thousand frozen turkeys to Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. The turkeys will be distributed to soup kitchens, food pantries and other agencies located in the Shenandoah Valley | |
Jersey City Sikh Community Will Feed Homeless On December 1st |
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| More than 2,000 meals will be prepared on December 1, 2012, for homeless people in the area. Snacks and fruits will also be available. Volunteers are needed and welcomed | |