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Comment by guest_blog on March 12, 2015 at 10:39am

An acute shortage of affordable housing, rising rents and low-pay are key factors.

Jasmine Hayes is from the Council of Homelessness:
“DC is an example of what is happening in cities across the country – there is a severe lack of affordable housing. I think anywhere in this city you see a lot of construction and building but this is not affordable housing for the really low-income families and individuals that need access to those kinds of resources.”

The problem has been acknowledged by the administration with President Obama announcing an extra $345m to tackle the issue nationwide.