The article highlights the hidden crisis of working homelessness in America, where individuals and families with jobs struggle to keep a roof over their heads. It tells the story of a technician living in her car with her children, underlining the fear and desperation many face. Despite being employed, they are often overlooked in discussions about homelessness, as current metrics fail to capture the full scope of the issue. Increasing rents and stagnant wages contribute to a cycle of housing instability, particularly in affluent areas, challenging the notion that hard work guarantees security.
Inadequate housing is enough to lose your children. The threat of homelessness is most acute not in the poorest regions, but in the richest, fastest-growing ones.
These people are not on the fringes of society. They are the workers America depends on. The very phrase working homeless should be a contradiction.
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