Unreported World - America: Down and Out - 25 June 2010 (PDTV XviD)

Unreported World S19E09 - America: Down and Out
Channel 4 - 25 June 2010 (PDTV.XviD)



Unreported World meets the USA's new middle-class homeless: families struggling to hold down jobs that pay so little they're forced to live in tent cities or their cars and receive little help from the government.
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Across America, many working people from all sectors have taken as much as 40% in pay cuts in desperation to hold on to their jobs. Their motivation is clear: if you are a temporary, part-time or self-employed worker you don't qualify for government help. The result is that many can't make ends meet and afford to feed themselves and their families.
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Today, more than 37 million Americans receive either state or private food assistance. More than three million were made homeless in 2009 despite holding down jobs. More than half of those living in shelters have had their homes repossessed by banks.
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The US economy is in recovery but many experts believe the most damaging effects have yet to be felt. It's predicted that another 1.5 million people will be forced into homelessness within two years, and in a country with few safety nets, many more people could fall through the cracks.

more info: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/unreported-world/episode-guide/series-2010/episode-9

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Critically acclaimed foreign affairs series offering an insight into the lives of people in some of the most neglected parts of the planet

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