The National Alliance to End Homelessness released a report on homelessness between 2005 and 2007. The Alliance, a D.C. powerhouse institute that led efforts to create the 10-year plan to end homelessness across the nation also reports that due to the recession an additional 1.5 million could become homeless in the next two years without effective intervention.
The report also states the obvious:
• Many communities have already seen significant increases in their local homeless population.
• Unemployment, poverty and deep poverty rates could reach depths not seen in decades, putting unbearable pressure on local homeless assistance programs.
The report comes on the eve of Portland's homeless count scheduled for Jan. 28 of this month.
While several national publications are highlighted in the report as sources, no street newspapers, including Street Roots is referenced. You would think with the in-depth coverage that Street Roots and other papers like Real Change in Seattle are producing that wouldn't be the case.