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Demand for Emergency Shelter Sees Largest Increase in Ten Years: We Talk to Cheri Honkala of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union

The country’s mayors are releasing a report today that concludes this year has brought the largest increase in demand for emergency shelter in a decade. In addition, the demand for food aid rose throughout the country by some 20%. Working families top the list of the most needy; there are signs that lack of food and adequate shelter for the working poor is becoming an endemic problem.


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