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Earlier this week, I was struck by this article from the New York Times:

“Foreclosures Force Ex-Homeowners to Turn to Shelters

The first night after she surrendered her house to foreclosure, Sheri West endured the darkness in her Hyundai sedan. She parked in her old driveway, with her flower-print dresses and hats piled in boxes on the back seat, and three cherished houseplants on the floor. She used her backyard as a restroom.
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Growing numbers of Americans who have lost houses to foreclosure are landing in homeless shelters, according to social service groups and a recent report by a coalition of housing advocates.“

Foreclosure is something that I see every day – it is right in front of me…