Justice
Where Families Go After Foreclosure
What's the connection between foreclosures and homelessness?
It's a question that puzzles housing experts - where do families go when they face foreclosure? Do they become homeless?
Apparently, this is surprisingly difficult to answer. According to the Metrotrends blog writer Mary Cunningham, almost a quarter of families that entered homeless shelters in 2010 came directly from a home they owned or rented. But there's very little data on why these families had to leave their homes. And shelters are often the last stop on the "residential instability road." As Cunningham writes: