Affordable-housing shortage fuels U.S. homelessness 
More than two-thirds of cities surveyed report more demand for assisted housing
By Inman News, Thursday, December 16, 2004.Inman News®
Hunger and homelessness continued to rise in major American cities over the last year, according to the new U.S. Conference of Mayors-Sodexho USA Hunger and Homelessness Survey, released today at the Conference of Mayors Headquarters in Washington. In particular, families with children requesting food assistance and emergency shelter also increased substantially over the last year.
Even with an improving economy, overall requests for emergency food assistance increased by an average of 14 percent over the past year with 96 percent of the cities registering an increase.
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