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randQuote[0] = ""I think that, unfortunately, due to the Virginia Tech incident there are people who have mental illness who are unfortunately stigmatized as being violent when we know that represents a very small percentage of people with mental illness."
—B. P.";
randQuote[1] = ""It's just nice to have a place you can call home. If it weren't for Advance, I might be on the street somewhere. I'm kind of on top of the world right now. I'm just looking nowhere but up, and every day gets a little bit better."
—J. H.";
randQuote[2] = ""People who are homeless are not social inadequates. They are people without homes."
—S. M.";
randQuote[3] = ""One in seven American households pay more than 50% of their income for housing."
—State of the Nation's Housing";
randQuote[4] = ""20% of the homeless are children."
—Goodwill Inn";
randQuote[5] = ""Less than 6% of homeless people are homeless by choice."
—Goodwill Inn";
randQuote[6] = ""23% of housing requests are unmet due to lack of resources."
—National Coalition for the Homeless";
randQuote[7] = ""3.5 million Americans experience homelessness each year."
—National Coalition for the Homeless";
randQuote[8] = ""2 billion people worldwide live in poverty housing."
—Habitat for Humanity";
randQuote[9] = ""For every 100 very low-income renters in the United States, only 76 affordable rental units are currently available."
—Habitat for Humanity";
randQuote[10] = ""More than 128,000 extremely low-income households in New Jersey must pay more than half their income for rent. The U.S. Census Bureau defines extremely low-income as 30 percent of the area median income, about $24,175 for a family of four in New Jersey."
—National Low Income Housing Coalition 2004";
randQuote[11] = ""In New Jersey a household needs to earn $3,676 monthly or $44,112 annually to afford the fair market rent of $1,13 for a two-bedroom apartment."
—National Low Income Housing Coalition, Out of Reach Report, 2006";
randQuote[12] = ""A minimum wage worker (earning $7.15 per hour) would need to work 119 hours per week 52 weeks per year in order to afford the fair market rent for a two-bedroom apartment."
—National Low Income Housing Coalition, Out of Reach Report, 2006";
randQuote[13] = ""44% of all elderly renters are extremely low-income."
—State of New Jersey 2002 Consolidated Plan";
randQuote[14] = ""Half of the state's existing affordable housing is concentrated in 12 cities. Most of the communities where job growth is occurring do not have accompanying supplies of affordable housing."
—NJ Future Report, July 2003";
randQuote[15] = ""Moving from homelessness to permanent supportive housing in the Lennox Chase development in North Caronlina's Wake County produced cost reductions and increased personal stability as recently documented by the Jordan Institute for Families of the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill School of Social Work."
—Richard Brown (Monarch Housing)";
randQuote[16] = ""At the press conference, it was noted that the [Hudson] county has about 300 chronic homeless and another 2,700 people who are in and out of homelessness, but enrolled in programs."
—The Jersey Journal";
randQuote[17] = ""Widespread homelessness didn't always exist; however, during the 1980s homelessness increased significantly. Now, on any given night, approximately 750,000 men, women, and children are homeless in the US."
—National Alliance to End Homelessness";
randQuote[18] = ""The major cause of homelessness in the US is the lack of affordable housing. This deficit is caused by a low supply of inexpensive housing and low incomes which prevent households from being able to afford housing."
—National Alliance to End Homelessness";
randQuote[19] = ""This growing scarcity of affordable housing, combined with the deinstitutionalization of our most vulnerable citizens and a growing gap between earnings and the cost of living, has left hundreds of thousands of individuals and families homeless."
—National Alliance to End Homelessness";
randQuote[20] = ""Over the course of a year, between 2.5 and 3.5 million people will live either on the streets or in an emergency shelter."
—National Alliance to End Homelessness";
randQuote[21] = ""Over 5 million low-income households have serious housing problems due to high housing costs, substandard housing conditions, or both."
—National Alliance to End Homelessness";
randQuote[22] = ""About 600,000 families and 1.35 million children experience homelessness in the US each year, and about 50 percent of the total homeless population is a part of a family."
—National Alliance to End Homelessness";
randQuote[23] = ""It is estimated that between 23 and 40 percent of homeless adults are veterans."
—National Alliance to End Homelessness";
randQuote[24] = ""Only 20 percent of homeless families report they receive help finding housing."
—National Alliance to End Homelessness";
randQuote[25] = ""43 percent of children living with homeless parents are under the age of 6."
—National Alliance to End Homelessness";
randQuote[26] = ""APRIL IS FAIR HOUSING MONTH. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act 40 years ago on April 11, 1968."
—NFHA";
randQuote[27] = "According to 80% of cities surveyed, affordable housing is a means to reducing hunger.";
randQuote[28] = "Similarly, 57% of cities named "high housing costs" as a cause of hunger.";
randQuote[29] = "Lack of affordable housing is a cause of homelessness among households with children, according to 87% of cities surveyed.";
randQuote[30] = "Sheltered homeless persons were 76% individuals; 23% members of households with children; and 1% unaccompanied youths.";
randQuote[31] = "Overall, transitional housing programs, emergency shelters, and permanent housing for the disabled homeless increased their numbers of beds by 5%.";
randQuote[32] = "The National Center of Family Homelessness' report ranks NJ 16th (50th being the worst) in child homelessness.";
randQuote[33] = "The National Center of Family Homelessness' reports 7,557 of New Jersey's children go to sleep each night without permanent homes.";
randQuote[34] = "The National Center of Family Homelessness' reports 1 in 50 children in America are homeless each year.";
randQuote[35] = "A new report by HUD analyzing changes in the U.S. rental market from 2005 to 2007 finds that the number of rental units affordable to the lowest income households significantly declined during that time period.";
randQuote[36] = "The recession will force 1.5 million more people into homelessness over the next two years, according to estimates by The National Alliance to End Homelessness.";
randQuote[37] = "One approximation of the annual number of homeless in America is from a study by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, which estimates between 2.3 and 3.5 million people experience homelessness.";
randQuote[38] = "According to a 2008 U. S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development report an estimated 671,888 people experienced homelessness in one night in January 2007. Some 58 percent of them were living in shelters and transitional housing and, 42 percent were unsheltered.";
randQuote[39] = "One out of 50—or about 1.5 million—American children are homeless each year, according to a 2009 study by the National Center on Family Homelessness.";
randQuote[40] = "About 40% of homeless men are veterans, although veterans comprise only 34 percent of the general adult male population, according to research on veterans by the National Coalition for Homeless. On any given night, 200,000 veterans are homeless.";
randQuote[41] = "About 12.5 million households risk the possibility of becoming homeless because of the high cost of housing and very low paying jobs (National Law Center on homelessness & Poverty, 2004).";
randQuote[42] = "Many people are homeless because of a natural disaster, which makes their homes uninhabitable for a long period of time (Davis, 2004).";
randQuote[43] = "Homeless people have a greatly increase risk of death (Hwang, 2001).";
randQuote[44] = "Approximate 2 to 3 million people experience an episode of homelessness during a given year (Caton, et al., 2005).";
randQuote[45] = "Single women with children represents one of the most rapidly growing group of the homeless population (Zugazaga, 2004).";
randQuote[46] = "About 12.5 million households risk the possibility of becoming homeless because of the high cost of housing and very low paying jobs (National Law Center on homelessness & Poverty, 2004).";
randQuote[47] = "Between 1997 and 2000 rents increase 14 percent nationwide (Institute for Children and Poverty, 2001).";
randQuote[48] = "There is not enough emergency shelter to meet the need (National Law Center on Homeleessness & Poverty, 2004).";
randQuote[49] = "In 1989, 17 percent of people renting a home paid more than 50 percent of their income to rent, in 1999, 20 percent did (Freeman, 2002).";
randQuote[50] = "Most people confronted with homelessness, reach with a wanting to help (Foscarinis, 1991).";
randQuote[51] = "Providing supportive services to people in housing has proven to be good and affective in achieving residential stability and improving mental health (National Resources and training Center on Homelessness and Mental illness, 2003).";
randQuote[52] = "Many people see homelessness as a gross social injustice, and a good number volunteer, donate goods, contribute money, and some offer their professional services (Foscarinis, 1991).";
randQuote[53] = "To prevent homelessness there must be enough low-income housing, income support, low health care services (National Coalition for the homeless, 2005).";
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