As Jobs Vanish, Motel Rooms Become Home

Submitted 7 months ago by ungkyn
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From New York Times -- Struggling working-class families have joined other "hidden homeless" taking refuge at local motels.

“ As the recession has deepened, longtime workers who lost their jobs are facing the terror and stigma of homelessness for the first time, including those who have owned or rented for years. Some show up in shelters and on the streets, but others, like the Hayworths, are the hidden homeless — living doubled up in apartments, in garages or in motels, uncounted in federal homeless data and often receiving little public aid. ”

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