In the US there are around 3.5 million people that have no home and living in the streets. A lot of them are war veterans. The amazing fact is that, approximately 18.6 million homes are available for living in.

The new government census reports reveal disturbing information that details the cold, hard numbers of Americans who have been deeply affected by the state of our economy, and bank foreclosure practices:

Lately, US government census reveals that 1 in 2 Americans are poor due to living on low incomes. And the entire US is feeling if not directly then through friends and neighbors around them.

The foreclosure rate only added to the poverty and low incomes and created its own crisis situation with the numbers of families expelled from their homes. Around 8 million homes have been foreclosed since 2007 only.

So, millions of families will be spending the holidays in temporary homes, shelters or on the street. And at the same time, 18.5 million vacant homes will remain empty for the holidays.

The depth and severity of the foreclosure crisis is a clear illustration of the urgent need for the U.S. government to put in place a system that respects, protects and fulfills human rights, including the right to housing. This includes implementing real protections to ensure that other actors, such as financial institutions, do not undermine or abuse human rights.

A link is available at the Amnesty International website for anyone who is interested and would like to join the call on the Obama administration and Congress to urgently step up efforts to address the foreclosure crisis, including by seriously considering the growing call for a foreclosure moratorium and other forms of relief, and establishing a housing finance system that fulfills human rights obligations.

Source: TrueActivist