<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>Ten facts about being homeless in the USA</div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Renee Delisle was one of over 3500 homeless people in Santa Cruz when she found out she was pregnant. <a href="http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_24374949/santa-cruz-county-homelessness-skyrockets-28-percent">The Santa Cruz Sentinel</a>
reported she was turned away from a shelter because they did not have
space for her. While other homeless people slept in cars or under
culverts, Renee ended up living in an abandoned elevator shaft until her
water broke.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Jerome Murdough, 56, a homeless former Marine, was
arrested for trespass in New York because he was found sleeping in a
public housing stairwell on a cold night. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/nyregion/rikers-death-is-ruled-an-accident.html?_r=0">The New York Times</a> reported that one week later, Jerome died of hypothermia in a jail cell heated to over 100 degrees.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Paula Corb and her two daughters lost their home
and have lived in their minivan for four years. They did laundry in a
church annex, went to the bathroom at gas stations, and did their
studies under street la...</p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/10/14/ten-facts-about-being-homeless-usa?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork">http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/10/14/ten-facts-about-being-homeless-usa?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork</a></body></html>