Author: Molly Beckhardt and Wrap
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The history of homelessness in the US rears its head in the face of COVID-19
Many will not remember this, but before the early 1980s, there weren’t millions of homeless people in the United States. Far too many lived in poverty, but people were not forced to live in the streets. The advent of contemporary homelessness is well documented. It was created by a federal government response to what was,…