The foreclosure crisis, job loss and a crumbling economy are forcing people to seek refuge from a different species. Some people are living in their cars, RV, and vans. In Seattle, Washington, an area that has seen a staggering 68% jump in homelessness, a study showed that elderly are part of the growing homeless population living in their vehicles.

The National Coalition for the executive said the homeless homeless for the start for the first time out initially moving to cheaper accommodation. (However, a survey by the National Low Income Housing Coalition revealed that even a bedroom is out of reach for many the full-time minimum bets in the United States.) The next step for the homeless for the first time after cheapest accommodation, moving with friends and family. The next pit stop to homelessness is a vehicle: cars, vans and caravans.

But for those lucky enough to still own a car, or own a motorhome or camper, communities and neighborhoods are not wanted. They are often stereotyped and seen as a growing population of vehicles nuisance. awoke in the middle of the night by the police for moving along.

In the resort high, oceanfront areas like Venice, California, the number of RV that flank the street by the sea has increased.  Ironically, in many areas, people becoming homeless are people who have worked most of their lives, and these vehicles are just a step away from the bottom: In the shelters and streets.Â

The growing trend of people living in their vehicles is another result of the mortgage crisis has not hit bottom in some areas. Â However, rarely Once the law is no mercy for people who are in a situation where your car is the only viable refuge. It's flat out illegal in Los Angeles for people to live in their vehicles on the streets, and areas like Fresno, Calif., Albuquerque, NM, Sarasota, FL, Pittsburgh, PA, Atlanta, GA, Â and many others, have solid non-camping and sleeping no legislation.

Cassandra Black, the owner of Foreclosure Cleanup, LLC, in Atlanta, a company that clears out foreclosures, says her company has yet to remove a car left behind at a property that has been foreclosed upon. “The vehicle may be the only housing option a person has after losing their home.”

Santa Cruz, CA, is known as one of the toughest areas for the mobile homeless. It has a literal “blanket ban,” which makes it a crime, punishable by a fine, for individuals living outside to cover themselves with blankets from an hour before midnight to 8 AM the next morning. It seems the government may have long recognized this new type of shelter in vehicles: Federal guidelines prohibit vehicle owners from qualifying for homeless aid.

Cassandra Black is the author of How To Start a Foreclosure Cleanup Business, and the Owner of Foreclosure Cleanup, LLC, Atlanta, GA

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