1	Homelessness California’s Homelessness: Benefiting from the Internet
2	California’s Homeless 350,000-500,000 people everyday have no place to call home. More than 75% are families The majority are “working poor”
3	Homelessness on the Internet The internet contains huge masses of information and many resources on homelessness and organizations that can help the homeless with their struggles on the streets. Many of these resources are not just for housing, but also offer help with the job market, food for their families and health care when needed. Having an email address can also be a link between family and friends for the homeless.
4	Urban Working Families Most cannot afford rent $19.69hr pay is needed to rent a 2 bedroom apartment Which is 3x minimum rage
5	Affordable Housing Every year 100,000 fewer houses or apartments are built that are needed 40% of Californians pay more than half their income for rent One in every 100 California residents is homeless There is a great need for affordable housing in California
6	Solutions AB34-$55 million for programs including housing assistance Proposition 46- $2.1 billion housing bond $1.95 million for supportive housing programs
7	Bibliography Burt, Martha. “Helping Americas Homeless: Emergency Shelter or Affordable Housing". Urban Institute Press. 1 April 2001 Jackson, Karleen. “Family Homelessness: More Than a Simply a Lack of Housing”. Garland Publishing.1 December 1999 Stein, Joel. “The Real Face of Homelessness”. Time Magazine 20 Jan 2003
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