In the Midwest, 15 percent of people who have recently become homeless has been due to housing foreclosure. Only three years ago foreclosure was hardly ever the reason people became homeless. Now nationwide, 10 percent of people that social service agencies have helped in the last year have been homeless because of foreclosure.
- New York Times, October 19, 2009
article written by Peter S. Goodman
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This is a very sad "true" story. I find stories like these often depress me. Hopefully the economy gets a whole lot better, and a whole lot faster. Good job summing up the most important information in the story.
ReplyDeleteThis is really sad. There have been so many home foreclosures in my neighborhood. Good job at summarizing your article. You kept it short which made it easy to read.
ReplyDeleteThis was a nice summary of how foreclosures have affected the Midwest. This would be of interest to a lot of readers because 15 percent of families have lost their stability. It was also because it reminds us the economy is not really improving very much.
ReplyDeleteThe original article was soo long, and I could have chosen five different central points, which made the summary a little more difficult to write. But I decided this was the most important aspect of the story. I agree, it is really sad. I honestly had no idea... you think of the economy and people struggling, but you don't imagine it's as bad as leaving people homeless. How depressing.
ReplyDeleteNice article pick. It is sad on how many people are affected.
ReplyDeleteThat's so sad that most homeless people are homeless due to foreclosure. Its terrible how many are affected.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is scary to think about. I really hope stuff takes a turn soon!
ReplyDeleteyeah, that's really sad. Nobody should be homeless. A home should be one thing everyone is entitled to, though that certainly isn't the case. Unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteVery depressing.
ReplyDeleteWow. I didn't think people were actually becoming homeless after their foreclosure. I was hoping they moved in with family or someone. I wonder how many of them have kids. Thank goodness my family has a backup plan if we were to ever loose our roof!
ReplyDeleteGrade: 9.5/10
ReplyDelete• In the first sentence, it should be have, not has, to match the tense of the rest of the sentence.