Press Conference - Homelessness

 
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* THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON. D.C. 20004 MARION BARRY. JR. MAVOft . REMARKS FUK MAYUR MARION BAKKY JK. PRESS CONFERENCE - HUMELESSNESS 81)1 NORTH CAPITAL STREET MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1987 1:00 P-M- IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THIS COUNTRY HAS SEEN AN ALARMING INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO ARE FINDING THEMSELVES HOMELESS, PEOPLE WHO LACK THE ESSENTIALS FOR DECENT LIVING, ADEQUATE FOUU, CLOTHING AND SHELTER. LAST YEAR ALONE, MAJOR CITIES ACROSS THE NATION REPORTED AN AVtKAGE 7U PERCENT RISE IN THE HOMELESS POPULATION, AND increasingly, they are peopll whu were unce independent, employed and secure. MOST FRIGHTENING is that the fastest growing segment of this pupulat iun is families, families who are displaced due to