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UN Official Slams American Response to Poverty: "Homelessness on this Scale is Far from Inevitable"

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Homeless people in America are living in conditions below UN standards for refugee campsby Heidi GrooverMore than 12,000 people are currently experiencing homelessness in King County. njpPhoto
Last last year, Philip Alson visited several American cities to assess the living conditions of the country's poorest residents. At the time, Alson, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, wrote of meeting "many people barely surviving on Skid Row in Los Angeles" and watc

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