Thursday, February 25, 2010

Tent Villages Pop Up in North Florida

While you might not technically be able to call them "homeless" there is a new population for which I have great concern. It is the growing number of Floridians moving into tent villages all over the state. Each member seems to be able to attribute it to the economy, and it's only getting worse.

Normal attitudes towards these homeless have changed because many of them are like you and I. They do not suffer from mental disability, addiction, they are not lazy or uneducated, they simply could not pay the bills. Many of them have valuable skillsets and college degrees, but due to layoffs and the like could not keep a place to live.

A tent village in Port Salerno was discovered by officials in a helicopter and shut down because it was against code. With shelters overflowing, and the number of homeless increasing each day because of the economy, my question is this... where will people go?


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