Newsom orders California state agencies to start clearing homeless encampments – AP

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They have jobs, but no homes. Inside America’s unseen homelessness crisis. – msn/WaPost

“A record 12.1 million Americans — or about 1 in 4 renters — are spending at least half of their incomes on rent and utilities, putting them at increased risk of eviction and homelessness, according to Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. Meanwhile, there is hardly anywhere in the country where a person working a full-time minimum-wage job can afford a one-bedroom rental, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.”

For background, see: “Deep-rooted problems, difficult solutions: Eating away available income, the rising cost of housing is a hot point for US voters” – K Polzer, Center on Capital & Social Equity

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