Thanks to Hurricane Harvey , the dispossessed universe in Houston and hem in area increased this class , according to areportout Wednesday from the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston / Harris County .
The survey , which collected this data over three days in January , encompasses the cities of Houston and Pasadena , as well as the county of Harris , Fort Bend , and Montgomery . The team looked at the number of citizenry in shelters , along the bayous , and inside abandoned buildings . They establish 4,143 masses were homeless this twelvemonth , a 13 per centum jump from the twelvemonth before . Of these more than 4,000 individuals , almost 18 percentage blamed the Category 4 hurricane for their homelessness .
Now , these people are at endangerment as hurricane time of year approaches again . Shelters afford up andinvite wanderersto join them , but strict rules around alcoholic beverage and fume cankeep some from taking the offer .
Homelessness can be institute everywhere hurricane happen . When I inspect Arecibo , Puerto Rico , a town still reeling with its own muckle after Hurricane Maria , dispossessed people were everywhere I looked — on street recess , outside bars , along the beach . They ’re at danger , too .
When innate disasters strike , the most vulnerable — masses of color , broken - income families , child , the elderly , the handicapped — always suffer most . But for the homeless , hurricane season is downright terrifying . reckon inflame up in your collapsible shelter beneath a bridge one sunrise and knowing that the place you ’ve made home will be subaqueous in a few hours .
Hurricane Season 2018 is around the corner . How will city and states assure that the street do n’t swallow hoi polloi whole ?
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