Report: 750,000 homeless in U.S.

If so many Americans are homeless with the economy supposedly doing well, imagine what will happen as the economy begins to decline, as is happening now. The outsourcing of our industries has meant the disappearance of good paying jobs; meaning Americans can't find jobs that pay for housing and health care:

The nation has three-quarters of a million homeless people, filling emergency shelters through the year and spilling into special seasonal shelters in the coldest months, the government said Wednesday.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development estimated there were 754,000 homeless people in 2005, including those living in shelters, transitional housing and on the street. That’s about 300,000 more people than available beds in shelters and transitional housing.