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Volume X, Issue 8
HOMELESS VOICE Homeless advocates challenge presidential candidate Hilton to outline homelessness stance (Continued from page 6)
sons”—unaccompanied, disabled individuals who have been either continuously homeless for a year or have experienced at least four episodes of homelessness in the last three years—has declined by 30% from 2005 to 2007. However, HUD’s data does not include the legions of uncounted individuals and families living in “doubled-up” situations with friends and family members. A 2008 report by NCH entitled “Foreclosure to Homelessness: The Forgotten Vic-
tims of the Subprime Crisis” reports that homeless service providers and advocates nationwide are reporting increasing numbers of homeless in their communities as a result of the national foreclosure crisis. Economists and home builders have forecast that the crisis is unlikely to abate this year. NCH hopes Hilton will take advantage of her unexpected voice on the American political scene to issue public comments on homelessness. Hilton made a splash with the tabloids in 2006 when she reportedly gave a $100 bill to a homeless man upon his request. In 2007, after she was arrested for driving under the influence, Hilton expressed her desire to build a “transitional home” for women who are released from jail. “These women just keep coming back because they have no place to go,” she said. Continuing, she noted that recidivism is “a really bad cycle, and if we stop it now, we can make our community a better place.” Commenting on the McCain advertisement criticizing Obama for his celebrity status, Hilton’s mother, Kathy, called the ad “a complete waste of
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“Presidential Candidate” Paris Hilton the country’s time and attention at the very moment when millions of people are losing their homes and their jobs.” She added, “It is a completely frivolous way to choose the next president of the United States.” The National Coalition for the Homeless, founded in 1982, is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists, advocates, service providers, and others committed to a single mission: to end homelessness. -homelessnewswire
