America"s Dirty Little Secret: Homeless Families

America’s Dirty Little Secret: Homeless Families Rising food and fuel costs, a lack of affordable housing, unemployment and foreclosures have changed the face of homelessness in America. Who are the homeless? Contrary to popular myth, the majority of the homeless people are not mentally ill bag people searching through garbage for food! Fifty percent of the homeless are made up of families! Join me and my guest Brenda Farrar-Ejemai, advocate for the homeless and author of The Family in the Car, as we discuss what it’s like to be homeless in America. Farrar-Ejemai recently reached out to President Obama, asking him not to forget about America’s secret homeless. What can you do to help? Listen in and find out.