Surge in Homeless Families Sets Off Debate on Cause
Tuesday, June 29, 2004 at 11:10PM
TheSpook
"We are always full," said Darlene Johnson, executive director of the
shelter. "Pretty much bursting out of the seams." With its rents near
record highs and wages stagnant, this wind-swept
Plains city of 60,000 about 60 miles northwest of Minneapolis has seen
the number of families requesting shelter climb by 45 percent in the
last decade, to an average of 124 families a night. [more]
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