Maxine Waters holds hearing on 'homelessness crisis' in Los Angeles by writerknowles
Rep. Maxine Waters returned home to Los Angeles on Wednesday to draw attention to the plight of 60,000 homeless county residents.
“We cannot ignore that our homelessness crisis is directly linked to the affordable housing crisis. Too many people cannot afford to keep a roof over their head as wages have not kept pace with rising rents,” Waters said. “Los Angeles has one of the least affordable housing markets in the United States. In L.A. County, a renter earning the minimum wage of $13.25 an hour would need to work 79 hours a week in order to afford a two-bedroom apartment.
In a July interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, President Trump blamed “the liberal establishment” for the homelessness problem. Story continuesThe Trump administration has not proposed any new solutions to address homelessness, and has sought to strip funding form the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a move that some experts predict could worsen the crisis.
At the same time, Garcetti said his city’s efforts to confront the problem have been showing signs of paying off, noting that, thanks to outreach efforts, in 2018 more than 48,000 people moved out of homelessness there. Over the same period, however, 54,000 people slid into homelessness due to economic instability.
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