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Sanitary and living conditions for an estimated 2,000 homeless people along Los Angeles’ Skid Row are so severe that the United Nations recently compared them to Syrian refugee camps. How does extreme poverty persist in one of the country’s most expensive real estate markets? NewsHour
Discover the poignant stories of some of those living on Sacramento's streets, and investigate how the city, county, and state governments are working to address the homelessness crisis.
his documentary sponsored by the Bank of America the heights of hypocrisy is unfathomable
Instead of poking its nose in other countries internal affairs "The Great" America should solve its own problems with poverty and homelessness
Why isn't those big Hollywood celebs helping?!
This is a documentary that tells the story of a tent city for homeless people that was shut down by Michigan in June of 2012. See also YOU CAN'T GIVE UP at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdFc2... -- a documentary about a young man trying to avoid prison, and the mentor who helped him. Both were produced by Anthony Collings, a former CNN correspondent who teaches at the University of Michigan.
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China has brought over 700 million people out of poverty through economic development. But over 100 million people remained intractably poor, trapped in poverty due to isolation, low education, and infirmities.
After gathering and organizing materials for half a year, the American-Chinese co-production team of "China's Poverty Alleviation at the Grassroots" immersed themselves into the local lives of China's rural poor in remote mountainous areas. With "targeted poverty alleviation" being the main topic, five simple but touching stories personalize the process and depict the measures of combating poverty.
This is not a laughing matter
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America's biggest and fastest-growing poor population has moved to the suburbs in the last decade. It is not easy to be poor anywhere, but the suburbs present particular difficulties.
In response to Jose Stickman: To be ill is one thing, but to kick a family when they are down...shame on you! Hope you never become ill, homeless, and hungry!
Even if they save enough money they will more than likely not pass a rental application.
Ten years after the housing crisis, many people were forced to change their plans for their financial futures -- and redefine their ideas of the American dream. Find out what they learned and how experts say you can prepare if another crisis unfolds in this two-part documentary.
Heather's story is important because the public often judges homeless people without knowing how they got there or the challenges they face to get out of homelessness. Heather is a disabled woman living homeless in San Francisco because she has a bullet lodged in her back. Because she is very soft-spoken and there was a freeway above us, I added captions.
Dirk lives in a tent homeless in Venice Beach, California. This is his first time being homeless. Dirk is 64 years old. He lived and worked as an independent contractor in Montana for 14 years. In his own words, Dirk says he is tired. It's time to retire. As most American's do, Dirk has been paying into Social Security all of his life. He figured Social Security would provide his retirement funds. When Dirk filed at 62, they told him he didn't have enough credits. Dirk has now filed again at 64. he says that he is wondering if they will ever pay him after 40 years of working and paying into Social Security.
Simba (street name) met his wife fishing. I love that. Sadly, Simba's wife was very sick from complications with diabetes. She needed a kidney transplant. Simba's wife was on the transplant list at USC Medical Center, but while she was waiting for a donor, her health got worse. The emotional stress of being her caregiver was hard enough; when his wife died, Simba became severely depressed. He started to self-medicate with marijuana to help him sleep. This was four years ago, and people's views of marijuana were much different then. Today, it probably would not even be an issue, but Simba's landlord used his cannabis use to evict him.
California is a strong brand, the state of new beginnings, dreams and movie stars, of surfers, and a wonderful climate. But the Golden State is bankrupt and the city of Los Angeles is running out of cash. Public services are being cut and unemployment keeps rising. At the same time, optimism, entrepreneurship, and the belief in the power of America are stronger than ever.
Over two dozen people say they were scammed by a landlord who rented them rooms in a North York home, which were in fact already occupied and not available. Faiza Amin with several of the would-be renters who are left with no place to go.
This kind of scam should result in jail time.
This "landlord" needs to be in jail...
Put a lien on the house if he is guilty.
Darlene Nissan is hoping she won't become homeless again. Ontario says she's built her home on crown land. But the Aboriginal woman says her family has lived there for years.
ACCORDING TO MANY, THE CROWN MUST STAY OUT, AND FAR AWAY FROM THIS WOMAN.
APOLOGISTS ARE NOT ENOUGH. GO AND FINISH HER HOUSE NOW.
The mayor of Los Angeles has declared a homelessness crisis. As the city struggles to respond, one man has his own unique solution. But can he evade authorities to get people off the streets?
I think a row of tiny houses would look better than a row of tents and tarps
They practically want to kill the homeless rather than helping the situation
, This is the type of person who deserves to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
Dude you are such an amazing & generous man! Bless you, for having a caring heart!
The mayor of Los Angeles is ignorant to the nth degree!
, You got money for war but can't feed the poor "Tupac"
, They care more about the city's image than the homeless people that's a shame.
Now an Official Selection to the 2020 Twin Cities Film Fest - Told through the residents who lived it, "The Wall" looks back at the saga of the 2018 Native American tent community in Minneapolis.
This is not a laughing matter
homeless encampments are popping up in Canadian cities and there are concerns they will only continue to grow as evicted renters are forced onto the streets.
CANADA? HIGHEST POVERTY RATE IN DEVELOPED NATIONS?
ANGEL JANE LANE Ktown for All Helping Homeless People in Los Angeles’s Koreatown
A documentary produced by Myron Mayne, Cynthia Paulo, and Vadani Jay. Debbie, Ricky, and Pandora share their personal story of how they became homeless and what it's like to live on the streets in the city of Toronto. Matte Black, the founder of Heroes In Black, talks about his experience being homeless and what he is doing to help those in the streets. Richard Brown, a pastor at Kingsway Community Life Centre and social worker, adds expert insight to homelessness in Toronto.
"Without a Roof" is a raw 30-minute emotional documentary recording the stories and experiences of homeless individuals from the streets of downtown Toronto.
This documentary was made some time ago, now 100 times worst.
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The Truth about the Police and City Harassment of the Homeless and the people that help them. The Laws in Phoenix can get someone arrested for helping the Homeless, and other city codes against the homeless. This also shows the humanitarian effort by the few that make a huge impact on their community. One World Voice team put this video together to show the truth and find solutions. www.oneworldvoicefoundation.com
The mayor and the head of the police have to be dismissed from their duties without benefits NOW
Vancouver has been voted the best city in the world to live in but it has a dark secret – the downtown east side ghetto.
With the roughest neighbourhood and the highest crime rate in N. America, living conditions here are on a par with third-world countries, and homelessness and addiction are rife.
And yet provisions for those in need couldn’t be better. Misha Kleider, in an effort to find out what is going wrong, goes undercover for a month in December leaving behind his apartment, his friends, and his wallet to see first-hand what life on the streets is really like.
Streets of Plenty is a fearless, fast-paced, and entertaining exploration of what it means to live on the streets of North America’s worst ghetto. (In the Vancouver article)
Chinese officials say President Xi Jinping has achieved his goal of eradicating extreme poverty nationwide by 2020. Over the past five years, the Communist Party has spent billions of dollars and dispatched thousands of officials to survey and help rural households. But critics question the sustainability of the program, claiming millions are at risk of falling back into hardship.
Sidewalk Motel: Atlanta (Homeless Documentary Short)
Katherine Miller Homeless Documentary
In glitzy and prosperous Hong Kong
In glitzy and prosperous Hong Kong, thousands live in conditions deemed an “insult to human dignity”. Low-income residents who can't keep up with soaring property prices have no choice but to cram into homes barely bigger than a coffin or wire cage. More than 200,000 Hongkongers survive in the cramped and squalid conditions of so-called coffin houses and cage homes.
Zabbaleen: Trash Town in Egypt
Tens of thousands of people live in Zabbaleen, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, they all make a living out of recycling the entire capital city’s refuse. Their whole town is practically a giant dump and it provides them with almost everything they need: from kids’ toys to fodder for livestock. Even their pigs play an important part in recycling food waste. Most important of all though, the dump provides livelihoods for the people of Zabbaleen.
After all, it’s a dirty job but someone has to do it.
Is Los Angeles the worst-run city in America
GLOBAL HOMELESSNESS STATISTICS