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June 18, 2010

Number of Homeless US Families Grows to 170,000
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New government figures show the number of homeless families increased to
170,000 last year, a near 30 percent increase from three years ago. It
was the second straight year the number of homeless families has grown.
The total number of homeless Americans fell by five percent.



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