Unemployment Isn't The Only Thing To Decrease In The Last 4 Years

Sometimes an economic policy just plain works. Despite being hit by the largest economic recession in decades, America's homeless population has DECREASED since the crisis. This is almost entirely thanks to the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program created by the Obama administration in 2009.
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Sometimes an economic policy just plain works. Despite being hit by the largest economic recession in decades, America's homeless population has DECREASED since the crisis. This is almost entirely thanks to the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program created by the Obama administration in 2009.

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