Los Angeles - "capital" of the homeless in the United States

Before the current crisis, the city had about 73 thousand homeless. One third of them were "chronically" homeless due to problems such as illness, mental illness and drug abuse. Some do not have a roof over their heads for decades. Homeless budget cost a pretty penny - they are periodically sent to prison, where they have to maintain, and sometimes they get in the emergency department care. 40% of the homeless in LA - women, teenagers and children.

Slum of Los Angeles is less than a mile from City Hall. In it it is constantly hanging around 2 to 3 million vagrants.






The place chosen this man to spend the night - isolated and insecure. He did not spend the night in the slums nearby, where many homeless people get off in groups for communication, relatively safe and getting charitable assistance.



This group - a small part of all the vagabonds who had gathered near a doss houses in the slum area.



Sleeping or unconscious person lying right at the bus stop located on one of the busiest crossroads downtown Los Angeles.



About 40% of local homeless people - women and children.



Boredom, loneliness and longing destroy the last vestiges of self-esteem of these outcasts.



"Chronic" vagrants often marked by the stigma of disease, mental disorders, alcohol or drug dependence, and even entire bunch at once.



This person is placed to rest under the canopy next to the construction of the fence, so that passers-by have to bypass it. Just one and a half meters away - a lively roadway.



In winter, in Los Angeles, the night temperatures can drop to almost zero Celsius.



A sleeping bag and a few pieces of cardboard to make a cold night not so cold.



This man, too bad prepared for cold nights.



Many homeless people, like this woman use supermarket carts to haul their belongings for a. Cardboard that you see on top of luggage, is often used for the construction of a temporary "huts" that protects the night of wind and cold, and during the day - from solntsepёka.



This homeless located in a completely clean place.



Among the belongings of the homeless - a bicycle.



Some homeless pretty thrifty.



Oilcloth protects from rain and damp morning.



Words can not convey the abandonment, despair and loneliness experienced by people without a roof over their heads.