by Jessica Azulay
Without offering any solutions or accepting accountability of their own, an organization of the nation’s big city mayors released its annual report showing poverty and homelessness continue to rise.
Dec 15 - A national mayors’ organization released its annual report on hunger and homelessness yesterday, documenting a staggering 14 percent increase this year in the number of requests for emergency food assistance and a 6 percent rise in requests for emergency shelter. The survey, which included information from 27 US cities, also found that families with children asked for help at a substantially higher rate this year and that a large portion of those who needed help did not receive it.
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