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A 4 page research paper that discusses the emerging problem of employed, formerly middle class families that fall into homelessness due to their inability to weather a financial crisis. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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to a limited extent, this belief completely ignores an emerging population of families whose homeless situation derives primarily from the effects of a failing economy and poor financial decisions. The
following examination of this population addresses the position that this population is an insignificant percentage of the homeless population and argues that it is crucial for the needs of the
emerging population of homeless to be addressed by public policy. Misconceptions about the homeless are prevalent. One of the most prominent misconceptions is that the homeless population is primarily
comprised of individuals. According to statistics from the National Alliance to End Homelessness, families represent 41 percent of the homeless population (Shinn, 2009). In addition to the misconception that homeless
population is primarily comprised of individuals, it is also a misconception that they are entirely unemployed. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 21 million Americans can be classified as living
in working-poor families (America, 2010). This means that close to 9.6 percent of the families existing below 100 percent of the poverty line have one or members who are employed
(America, 2010). The Feeding America network reports that 36 percent of their client households include at least one adult who is employed (America, 2010). Financial experts indicate that the increasing
number of employed adults, with children, requesting emergency aid is due to the fact that 127.5 million Americans, roughly 43 percent of all US households, are "liquid-asset poor," that is,
they do not have savings or other resources necessary to survive a financial emergency, such as being laid off, or a medical emergency (Eichler, 2012). There are numerous examples
of the consequences of this situation in scholarly literature. For instance, Contina Wright and her husband lived a comfortable, middle-class life until the housing slump hit New Jersey, affecting Mr.
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