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Homelessness
is no laughing matter.
According to the Stewart B. McKinney
Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11301, et seq. (1994),
a person is considered homeless who
"lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate
night-time residence and; and... has
a primary night time residency that
is: (A) a supervised publicly or privately
operated shelter designed to provide
temporary living accomodations... (B)
an institution that provides a temporary
residence for individuals intended to
be institutionalized, or (C) a public
or private place not designed for, or
ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping
accommodation for human beings." 42
U.S.C. § 11302(a) The term "'homeless
individual' does not include any individual
imprisoned or otherwise detained pursuant
to an Act of Congress or a state law."
42 U.S.C. § 11302(c)
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The
Homeless Man!
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dateline: pricksville
A homeless man in West Virginia
was shocked today to learn he
does indeed have a home. He had
been on his way to a bus stop
to solicit commuters for heroin
money,
when he noticed out of the corner
of his eye a large brick house.
"It just struck me right there
man , that was my house," he said
to reporters gathered on his lawn
just hours ago, "I plum forgot
all about this place." Apparently
one night over 3 years ago, the
man had gone out to get milk for
his then pregnant wife. On the
way home, he just decided to keep
walking, and ended up living in
a hollow tree stump only 3 blocks
away, and using the sewer for
a toilet.
 
"I just never thought of it,"
he said, "I don't have me no amnesia,
it just wern't on my mind." It
turns out the man has a net-worth
of over 16 million dollars. He
invented the sticky little rings
you can put on punched paper to
keep it from tearing in a binder.
His
wife told us she was glad he had
come back, and that if such a
situation comes up again, she
will try to remember to report
him missing. "I just ain't never
thought of it," she said.
Sources say their now 3 year-old
child is afraid of his father's
homeless-person-stench. The father
promises to take a bath
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Busy
B Says . . .
HOMELESS......
This definition is usually interpreted
to include only those persons who are
literally homeless -- that is, on the
streets or in shelters -- and persons
who face imminent eviction (within a
week) from a private dwelling or institution
and who have no subsequent residence
or resources to obtain housing. The
McKinney definition of homelessness
serves large, urban communities, where
tens of thousands of people are literally
homeless. However, it may prove problematic
for those persons who are homeless in
areas of the country, such as rural
areas, where there are few shelters.
People experiencing homelessness in
these areas are less likely to live
on the street or in a shelter, and more
likely to live with relatives in overcrowded
or substandard housing (U.S. Department
of Agriculture, 1996).
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