Homeless middle class
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Holy shit! This is scary!
www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/05/19/homeless.mom/index.html
Posted at 7:25pm May 20, 2008 EDT
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I do not get a good feeling about where we're heading.
Posted at 7:27pm May 20, 2008 EDT
The article mentions a California housing crisis specifically, but is it expected to hit other states soon?
I know housing prices are going up all over Canada...
Posted at 7:28pm May 20, 2008 EDT
There was a survey done in the uk a few years ago, apparently, the majority of families are only 2-3 pay cheques away from being homeless.
Posted at 7:28pm May 20, 2008 EDT
I think it's particularly bad in California but also in other places in the US as well.
Posted at 7:28pm May 20, 2008 EDT
Sadly, this would've been my family if we'd stayed in San Diego.
Posted at 7:29pm May 20, 2008 EDT
DesireLines says:
There was a survey done in the uk a few years ago, apparently, the majority of families are only 2-3 pay cheques away from being homeless.
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Lay-offs are getting more and more frequent. I guess it could be fairly easy to end up homeless in that case. Yikes.
Posted at 7:30pm May 20, 2008 EDT
It's sad, but doesn't sound like a new problem- People who get laid off often become homeless. How many of us could keep our homes if we had no jobs (especially if we bought million-dollar condos)?
Posted at 7:31pm May 20, 2008 EDT