Beyond Chron

3 weeks ago | progressivehub.net | Randy Shaw |Beyond Chron

Four decades of rising homelessness has led many to seek alternative explanations. The most common blames homelessness on drug addiction, rather than the lack of housing low-income people can afford. By Randy Shaw, BeyondChronForty-Plus Years of Federal InactionPrior to 1982 the United States had no widespread visible homelessness since the Great Depression. Since 1982 homelessness has exploded. What happened?