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| − | '''Homelessness''' is not having a home. Homeless people, like the financially [[poor]], are [[scapegoated]] by [[capitalism]].
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| − | In 2005 the [[United Nations]] estimated that as much as 100 million people worldwide are homeless and more than 1 billion are inadequately housed.<ref>https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/AnnualReports.aspx</ref><ref>https://daccess-ods.un.org/TMP/1776398.8673687.html</ref>
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| − | ==USA==
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| − | Various places in the US have declared it illegal to feed homeless people. In 2014, Fort Lauderdale passed a law against camping, panhandling, food sharing and engaging in other "life sustaining activities".<ref>https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-90-arrested-week-feeding-homeless-article-1.2002790</ref>
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| − | As of 2019, homelessness was growing in the USA<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7095533/Pictures-downtown-LA-capture-problem-faces-trash-tries-rodents.html</ref> and the ''[[LA Times]]'' reported in 2019 that 16,000 people in [[Los Angeles]] were living in cars, vans and RVs.<ref>https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-homeless-safe-parking-los-angeles-20190610-story.html</ref>
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| − | In 2017 Atlanta police handed out "flyers across the city telling people that a permit is needed to give food to the homeless."<ref>http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/group-handing-out-food-to-homeless-receives-ticket-for-not-having-permit/652313678</ref>
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| − | In 2019, a Virginia ordnance was passed making it illegal to sleep in ones car, on the grounds that the practice “can have a negative effect on neighborhood aesthetics.”<ref>https://rutherford.org/publications_resources/on_the_front_lines/napping_not_allowed_ban_on_sleeping_in_cars_could_allow_police_to_seize_car_occupants_vehicles_and_carry_out_warrantless_searches?utm_source=The+Rutherford+Institute&utm_campaign=dc452049a8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_05_01_54&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d7ffde3304-dc452049a8-42140145</ref>
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| − | [[McDonalds]] has tried playing music 24/7 in an effort to deter homeless people from sleeping near their outlets.<ref>https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2020/01/03/bagpipes-blasting-broadway-mcdonalds/</ref>
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| − | ==References==
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