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Veterans returning from Iraq, Afghanistan Struggle to Readjust

11/10/2009 GEORGE W. GRAHAM THE REPUBLICAN SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
Returning veterans are finding new programs to help ease them back into civilian life, but the transition isn’t easy. The vets face an unemployment rate of 11.3 percent, significantly higher than the national rate of 9.7 percent. Homelessness is a problem. Suicide rates among veterans surpass those of the civilian population; to combat this, medical centers are focusing on understanding and treating post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Labels: homelessness, medical centers, unemployment, veterans

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Foreclosures force homeowners into shelters

10/18/2009 PETER S. GOODMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES
Homelessness normally claims low-income renters who are evicted when they lose their jobs. Increasingly, though, the homeless are people who until recently owned their homes and lost them to foreclosure. Some 10 percent of homeless people who are approaching social service agencies for help were homeowners, and now resort to shelters, sleeping in their cars or in motel rooms, or seeking refuge with friends and family.

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Labels: foreclosures, homeless shelters, homelessness, homeowners, social service agencies

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Travel sites’ bad reviews rouse Honolulu concerns about homeless

03/01/2009 BRIANNE RANDLE KHON2.COM HONOLULU, HAWAII
With homelessness on the rise in Honolulu, the city is receiving negative feedback from travel sites such as Expedia and TripAdvisor. One state lawmaker says the bad reviews are undermining Hawaii’s reputation as a sunny paradise, and insists the city has the resources to restore the homeless-filled public parks. With 150 to 300 homeless people living in Kapiolani park alone, officials are working on a law that would make sleeping in the park at any time illegal.

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Labels: Expedia, Hawaii, homelessness, Honolulu, public parks, travel sites, TripAdvisor

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