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It’s About Time!

You're Worth It Foundation have been to many meetings and have been pushing the understanding that there are issues with housing. Many times the small person gets looked over, even if they have a viable solution to a state wide issue. For several years, the decline in affordable housing has increase over the past 9 years, since the market bubble. 33,502 homeless people in Florida alone, not including the unreported individuals. There are several things that need to happen for a change to be made. First, society has to admit there is a problem as columnist Daniella Pierre has placedĀ in…

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It’s Our Fault!

According to the Department of Children and Family(DCF), there were 33,502 reported homeless adults for the year 2016. Of the 33,502 reported adults, 19,326 were males and 10,707 females. There were also 36 Transgender persons reported. Contrary to common belief, Black /African Americans do NOT receive more assistance from DCF and are not the most homeless. There are 11,491 Blacks/ African Americans reported as homeless and 17,080 Classified Whites that are homeless. According to the National Public Radio(NPR), there were over 71,000 homeless students in Florida. According to RealtyTrac, Florida has an average foreclosure rate of 0.08%, which is higher…

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