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history project starts june 4th. in southern california the sun rises at the san diego thing. next to a major road in this talking to us 54 year old maria de. st louis went to bed. this coming is her husband. this is every day. this routine about stretching my bad. no longer has a place to live she's been sleeping in have then for a year now. looks pretty nice you don't. you don't feel it doesn't seem that you live here but you do i

have seen people with their cars messy and things all over the place how can i go to work my life like that i mean has to have a little order you know because this is what we need to continue this is not perfect but it's. the way i won and makes me feel better. just like maria around 30 other people sleep overnight in their cars in this free parking lots never the less most of them work they are security guards drivers secretaries or even computer technicians. maria is a cleaner and the camera exhausting work that she does 7 days a week. to provide some comfort for all these people and

organization has supplied them with a water point political toilets and a small outdoor kitchen women ria prepares the morning coffee before going to work . this kind of work will it be. a very famous in the united states. marines full from grace is a situation that affects thousands of other americans for a long time she had everything she always wanted. she was married and lived in this beautiful house. but after 5 years of living together blissful marriage suddenly fell upon us. he could adopt me dump me as ok it didn't work but by ok what was the other. later there were no i don't have

. a long list. no bed no no furniture or no house so. it's just my car i have a seat here. and. yeah that's the way it is. maria preferred to leave everything to her ex-husband and turn over a new leaf. over the last several years in california the cost of rent has risen so much that her salary the equivalent of $1500.00 euros was not enough for her to afford an apartment. maria's just one of many middle class americans who have in recent years fallen into poverty. officially america is grace again since the 2008 crisis the economy has never been stronger with record breaking growth and unemployment has dropped to

a historical low less than 4 percent. an upturn for which donald trump has claimed all the credit. there has never been a better job just start living the american dream but despite what the president claims the famous american dream is far from being achieved 40000000 people are living below the poverty line and millions of workers will go to great lengths to stay above it. if i knew they would if i did that for sure becoming homeless overnight is what these americans fear most because here the system is not very kind to those short of cash. you're going to have a judgment of possession. in some states being late on your rent is no laughing matter. one by one tenants are affected at gun point where mark that if you can hold. it for these americans on the verge of ruin seeking medical

treatment can cost a fortune. and take your medicine to it because you may not get one of the other. so some people are standing up in solidarity making sure they're taking care of free of charge in field hospitals not unlike those found. in a country of the world an insight into the lives of those who cannot scrape a living in the hearts of destitute america. san diego in southern california $300.00 days of sunshine a year and beaches as far as the eye can see. this picture postcard california san diego is also one of the most dynamic cities in the country here unemployment is practically nonexistent this dream lifestyle

was once an everyday reality for eric he was a successful computer engineer owning 7000 euros a month today and 53 years old this man lives alone in his car. and in order to eat for free he has made an arrangement with a staffer to put syria. hello. already today. yes. thank you. if you take you know that these are the slices that they have in their display of that they haven't for too long then they put them in the fridge for me so that they don't need them. to. look. every comes every evening to pick up some leftover pizza thank you very much very much. ok. he's going to share these unsold slices with other victims of poverty because for a year and

a half eric has been sleeping in this parking lot the one woman rear tina also lives his pets a deliveries make his neighbors very happy. likely rela a 55 year old driver. now are hungry. you know no no i had a problem. in his former life and rick also worked a lot 50 hours a week. but 4 years ago he suffered a burnout and also problems with his heart he could not work and received unemployment benefits was 6 months and then nothing at all. like you and i thought i would just. hold out for some layers of clothing with doctors going furniture my savings. but i ended up. basically burning through

everything and was can afford to stay in a farm and. eric is trying to pick himself up nowadays is doing temporary work and is saving up to be able to rent an apartment. after her long day at work maria's back. to her. yeah it's where i work it's a little hard but. i have to lift a lady she's very had. back and forth back and. 9 hours this. is a it's a lot of hours but i'm ok. thirsty my food my bed i'm ready to jump in my bed. time.

at half past 9 at night the gates closed from this point onward no more cars can enter the parking lots at night there isn't a security guard they haven't been any attacks here to date but maria doesn't take any chances. i close the door put the windows down like this much. and could be alarmed somebody is trying to break in i will know i come at the 1st break. and my head might cut or some measuring to break in such a spray. because. you never know. a few meters away eric is getting ready to spend another night in his car even though it's full to the brim the former computer engineer will sleep sitting behind the wheel it's a world away from the comforts of his old life. one thing that i've really found

out about this is that you know the typical stereotype of. you know the homeless person being lazy and not wanting to work or being a drug addict. may be the case in some places and some and some but the people i've come to in this program most of my very hard working people who want to get ahead that have either have some some health issues or have some how to trick about luck or for whatever reason. they've you know come into this is this this situation some people are able to get out of it quickly some people they're stronger. california is a state of stark contrasts despite being the 5th largest economy in the world a growing number of its workers can no longer afford a place to live. but there is another state where the system is even more unforgiving. that state is virginia right next to washington d.c.

. its capital richmond is a full industrial city here a quarter of the population live beneath the poverty threshold. of the 10 major cities with the highest rates of addiction in the country how often are located in virginia in richmond alone around $3000.00 tenants are forced out of their homes every year. the vixens a routine job for office a loyal from the sheriff's office several times a week he distributes the dreaded yellow notices. in the state of virginia. the law is strict if the rent is late by 5 days the landlord has the right to begin the eviction process. to threaten tenants have one week to settle their debts otherwise they face eviction by force and office unoiled does not show much sympathy. this morning he and his colleagues have to evict the

residents of this house. huge. sheriff's office. and just like when arresting a dangerous criminal. they enter the home with their guns drawn. that. the tenant is not currently at home and clearly they have not had time to vacate the premises. there's no you're you're ok. as with the landlord he immediately reclaim his property she really. want. to make sure there is a secure. the tenant has a bribed and is in shock she had been renting the house was 7 he is

a single mother 2 grown up daughters she works but is frequently struggle to make ends meet she has to pick up her belongings the next day otherwise everything will go to the junk yard at her expense is just going to be easier on you by to be headquarters in a back yard or whatever if you have removed because if he has a token he remembered that as an added expense that you'd be looking at yes i mean i do think all this is a bit off here i think it's hard not to got to do we've got to do what i gotta do what i gotta do what are you going to speak where am i going to sleep if you can the whole thing about me. yeah. yeah. thank you have a good day she's immediately rendered homeless no room for negotiation the only way it moves. that's up to her that's the only way she said she would move before this move. maybe she had no where to

go. you know she never did say that to me. there are around 10 a vixen is just like this one every day in richmond. as a consequence of this fast track justice budget hotels on the outskirts of the city have become a refuge for those who've been kicked out of their homes. some people stay there for a very long time among them is david a 38 year old gardener. was going all around. saying all same all new day. david has lived in this motel since his eviction 2 years ago at the weekend the divorced fathers children come to stay over in his one room home which cost him $1300.00 euros a month. this is. our bed bedroom living.

family room everywhere and. this is the little kitchen which i cooked or a glass and i made hamburgers and clean the dishes or you know we played video games and bass for the. you know i got a shower but that's about all. during the week david shares the single room with his packed with household utensils and personal possessions with his new partner. is it more to follow through for 2 years here no more cramps you know i like obviously if you put 2 people in the same room for a long enough time it's theirs you know bump heads and have arguments and stuff his girlfriend has a stable job in the insurance business they could buy a bigger and less expensive apartment yet they remain trapped in this tiny room because they post eviction continues to haunt them. but at the time she was she was

trying to 1st and i'm going to get so be down by going to places and stuff and then they're not giving you a place because they're like oh you have an addiction. you know shows that you didn't pay just like 2 months or something like that and it definitely was detrimental to it there was no way of getting anywhere i mean. it's almost unthinkable in many parts of the world but here landlords are able to access the past of bad tenants with a few simple clicks a systematic surveillance system that has been denounced by martin vic bright a lawyer and defense attorney for tenants. so. this database is a public database i mean anyone can go onto this database and look at it and you can search by name so try a common a common american name there we go america less speak ok. there we go and you can

see 5 on lawful detainers let's see 10 years ago this tenant had a series of late payments despite being small amounts in this case under 300 done his they can have grave consequences. so if i'm a landlord i can look at that and say well that was 10 years ago but i think she's too much of a risk i don't want to rent to her if anything bad happens to you whether it's you know you get your hours cut back at work whether or you break an ankle and you're off work for a month whether you got that car repair bill or that hospital bill or any thing that just throws your budget off slightly. you better catch up real quick or you're going to have a judgment of possession against you and get addicted so the trend it really is living under the sword of damocles. david is far from an isolated case 6300 people are

a victim across the us every day in the city finding accommodation is the chief source of anxiety but this is a region where for some the main worry is simply being able to put food on the table. welcome to rural america the appalachian mountains region that spans several states in the eastern part of the country. appalachian was once widely known for its coal production these days almost all of the minds of most. it's often said that the american dream got lost somewhere along the way here. the appalachian region with a predominantly white population is home to some of the poorest counties in the entire country.

during the summer at lunchtime this food truck travels up and down the disadvantaged areas of roanoke lives and stacy are 2 volunteers who get out free meals to children. they serve up to 200 meals a day and every time they arrive they eagerly awaited on today's menu a sandwich a carton of milk and a kiwi. you are a spirit in this family both parents are unemployed they receive $1200.00 euros of welfare a month but as a family of 5 it's barely enough to live on well. try to get in that way street 3 but towards the end of the month one stands for a mole a day maybe 101 of the particles will know of you and of them are that one of the morning when i usually skip work was to watch. the watch in the

night and so on if you know yet why. being put to the point of starving you know more or they were marred by. this reality is nothing new in the appalachian region. during his $964.00 election campaign lyndon b. johnson visited appalachian and was horrified by the poverty he saw after his reelection he launched a mazda plan to put an end to poverty. here and now declares on them there is no war on poverty in america i one of his ideas was to create food stamps coupons given free of charge to the poor. to this day the government distributes these food stamps to 40000000 american people. in this mobile home park in the heart of appalachian the majority of

families benefit from this food aid. with the american flag hanging from the front steps this is the mobile home of 58 year olds iranian collins a former marine so rainy and no longer works following a long term illness she receives a pension of 700 euros. she faces a daily struggle to get by and her financial difficulties have gotten worse since she took in her niece jennifer is an unemployed single mother who has 3 children to take care of. leah lindsey and jayden fortunately jennifer receives food stamps. it's. according to how many kids. are. put in so much on their.

$646.00 just to buy food for. $560.00 euros a month to feed 5 people a tight budget before going shopping the 2 women check the balance on their card. so iranian and jennifer can spend the food coupons in any supermarkets like this discount store where they regularly go shopping. once at the checkout the food stamp card works just like any other credit card. and in this store an appellation they are by no means the only ones who use one. of the people to come to terms here. and probably have a home here it's a it's a it's a lot yeah yeah. thank you donald trump plans to cut down on the

amount of food stamp recipients critics say that risks making an already vulnerable society even poorer. but ironically they voted 80 percent in favor of trump and their support for him continues seemingly unabated to earn a little extra cash so iranian does household chores for her neighbors. for a few dollars she also cuts james's head she works in a mine and is a loyal trump follower i am from france. what. you know krupp is willing to help other countries but he's got to come to work. that's why i have now. gone from the billionaire doll crocuses family everywhere

you go it is children who walk for everywhere with you let me tell you a lot about a person. that unwavering supports can be difficult to understand for outside is because since trumps election every day life for individuals and has not improved poverty is pervasive here and has led to some strange developments. in the middle of the night in this small town dozens of cars interest showground. the world or run the fuel for my soul. i suggest that you be back here about 3 or 4. well i try to chip shop because it makes me think it's there by far not what you call a concert to get there just to keep you keep your boat or something. but these people are gathering full here on this is simply to see a doctor because every year here for a weekend all you're going to get in this line is medical on my

a nonprofit organization and ranges free consultations out there is the future name on a lot of their families in this area are. the working class families struggling to choose between paying for medicine that can save their life or groceries for the week so. it's a shame to have to do it this way but you've got to take care your people in these are our people and this is why we take care of our people. even though the health care system improved under the previous president barack obama 28000000 americans remain without any insurance coverage. so iranian has arrived with her family her niece jennifer and her 3 children they all need to see the dentist medical fees in the us are the most expensive in the world and an affordable for a large section of the population so staying up all night seems like

a small price to pay in your struggle to have many cautiously yes it's not easy. but you have to do it absolutely the alternatives. narberth. have to. the family arrive the night before because here the rule is 1st come 1st served at 6 o'clock in the morning the doors open the organizers call our patients by their number one priority service. we're going to go or we'll try to your next door will call a group supporting your gear right. once inside the patients find themselves in a full scale field hospital images reminiscent of a humanitarian disaster and yet this is modern day america. here people are treated in turn by host of volunteers nurses family doctors but also

specialists who are able to treat more complicated illnesses. the most remarkable part takes place in this school transformed into a gigantic dental care facility. all day long 60 dentists drill filled and remove teeth. she surveys the scene so renia is overcome with emotion. beautiful how the people volunteer. so many people getting help that need it. the former sister passed away. she had all her teeth taken out and she didn't have 85 and she was younger than i am now and she was my older sister so.

i think about what she went through with health issues because of her to. their important. oh my gosh. and that she'll be seen to by a young student soon to complete his medical degree before treating so rania has had time to familiarize himself with the job for you know there are only part deux ex truck after truck. drivers are now 15 to you to get to keep us up here so if you are. here yeah it's pretty good they're here. he will spend a quarter of an hour removing siren his tooth his 16th of the day. you feel. like i have a big mama. but there's no time to take a breather here said rainey and now proceeds to the locker rooms i got was on back

here so that they have a way i'm thankful for everything i a dental purse this is studio like the rest of the temporary facility it's run by volunteers and funded by donations. that help lay back relax lives last. thursday patients have dental impressions made in this room and next to a new set of teeth is created in less than 2 hours. so rainy i can look forward to showing off a new smile. your. little girl doesn't feel. awkward ok yes. i was my god what do you do your grades forward. your ball. up right. now it makes

now. oh we're going to out. but i'm. here to take you. yes nor did i can. smile and feel that. well i want to remember. you yet. if the family had paid for all this treatment it would have cost them over $3000.00. fortunately in the united states there are people personally taking action to help those in need. on the other side of the country a man has embarked upon a mission to combat the poverty that has plagued the sidewalks of his city a place usually associated with the rich and famous rather than the down and out

just this is los angeles acela sonali 1. 38 year old elvis is appalled at how conditions in l.a. have continued to deteriorate in recent years. it's not a 3rd world country it's one of the richest countries in the world it's almost like a movie prop it on it's hard to fathom that like every single day this is how people live. in. los angeles the sprawling city of angels and the glamorous house of hollywood cinema. and yet today it is the homeless capital of america. here in the last few years the number of people without a home has increased from 33259000 in the shadows of the city's skyline is the dark side of the california entering. when i was a kid and lived here it was nothing like it is now i left for almost 2 decades and

i came back a few years ago and it just it just blows my mind it's just going to increase because every month the cost of everything keeps going up there's no regulation so . apartment owners and landlords can raise the money you know the red. whenever they like but nobody's paychecks are getting bigger. outraged by the growing destitution elvis gave up his job as a sales assistant. he lives on the salary of his partner who works at a university in this way all of us can devote all his time to helping those less fortunate. a little further from downtown a woman has moved in beneath this bridge elvis and he regularly pay her a visit. caney

has been living here for 5 years in a small tent that she shares with another woman. they're desperately vulnerable to the dangers of the street and have already been assaulted several times. but just look at everywhere they did they just tore right open and. now she doesn't even have a door and she sleeps out here at night there's also no light right up there so it's very dark and you know especially as a woman that's pretty scary even if the guy has been staring at the 3 boys walked up the dark one friday and do whatever they want. to help these people always ones to do more than just bring them bottles of water. his main project is hidden away in the yard if this church. he came up with the idea to build small wooden houses for the homeless. a very small but inside office and i have thought of every last thing to improve the daily lives of these

people. in the wrong yes so what does it mean so as someone tries to open a window in the alarm of. this raid here allows people to sleep when people sleep they can think they can do better they feel better they want better the house is also equipped with a fire alarm a light and a phone charger all of which are powered by solar panel. each cabin cost the equivalent of a $1000.00 euros financed by donations collected on line but elvis is well meaning initiative is illegal the mayor of los angeles has banned him from installing his cabins on the sidewalks of the city. will carry on regardless. this morning he's delivering one of them to

a homeless couple who very much need it. i am just nice to me bro me i'm brownie. krista's the 32 year old and his 3 months pregnant she lives on the curb of the sidewalk with a tray. i was i was hoping you were going to. be. full for years now the couple have been sleeping in this tiny cot that is a health hazard on wheels. even you eat me alive. every day. mostly not being able to have good hygiene. elvis can't hang around. the trick is to get this. get this done and off before the cops show up. the tiny house weighs 400 kilograms. but his

project does not make everyone happy once you go back in your house enjoy the air conditioning a neighbor expresses her discontent. she's against this what she says she doesn't want in front of her house she's calling the police and so we need to hurry alarm and well pray that they are allowed to keep their house. this is how it goes. and los angeles. yeah. but i think you know look at both of you congratulations. a few days after filming the police threaten to destroy the cabin unless elvis removed it. he and the couple manage to move it onto privately owned land in the end the disgruntled neighbor got her way. but we find people elsewhere trying to challenge the ostracization of homeless people in rather inventive ways.

next stop is texas and the conservative city of waco. it has around 50 churches in its 120000 residents here once a month a religious community organizers a curious program. people come from all over the united states to take part. leaving you to. your neighbors or buddies are you not married no authority over little things what what do you know about what god we're going to be having that for 24 hours these high school students are going to live eat and sleep in a role playing scenario much like 20 or so other participants all from middle class backgrounds each of them has paid 60 euros to participate. jenna darrelle came up

with the idea 25 years ago with her husband a pastor the remarkable simulation project has so far had 30000 participants. the goal is to create compassionate care for humanity and poverty everybody can get the american dream but when you're trapped in poverty in the cycles of poverty you know that we have to get you up every morning and then there's of janet to roles is in order to truly experience the life of a homeless person you have to start by looking like them in this secondhand store participants are encouraged to dress in appropriate clothes jeans and be a little bit. but i think that you really need to stop and i. think that without them having them out right now it doesn't seem like too much of a challenge but things are going to get more complicated with the 2nd stage

sleeping out in the open not in the streets but in a secured fenced off yont 53 year old martha however is slightly concerned like you i'm scared of bugs and i'm scared of bugs she thought long and hard before signing up it was a husband who convinced her to take part. it doesn't look like a real illness situation right right yes yes it doesn't smell like you it doesn't smell like beer and it's not rats running everywhere you know this is definitely a luxury home and yeah yeah. the fact that is a comfort nonetheless although it won't be a very long night. 'd the morning everyone at 6 o'clock the next day janitorial gives everyone a wake up call and they don't have particularly well rested my mind mark that. it's

not real from their situation to say they're saving them being on the street but this is not as safe as being in their home with their family. so it just gives them a little bit more reality of what living in the environment does on your body so by tonight takes about 24 hours to really start getting the idea that. this is this could be really up. for the next stage of the program the participants are sent to downtown waco task today is to find something to eat on their own and without any money. you smell the food. so. should i ask this guy. you're not big for seems to be one of restaurant like in many other cities in the

u.s. baking is a punishable offense it's also forbidden to rummage through garbage bins there's nothing in their. property and reclaiming anything at all from them is considered stealing in order to survive the homeless and wake of their full force to break the law. or to purchase the bins are not going to find anything to eat and after 2 hours of walking the streets in 40 degrees heat most it feels faint. she calls her husband to pick her up. left feel like i feel like i'm too weak like i don't you don't know why i'm too old and fat i can't do it you learn something about. what would life be like to be almost. every heart. is the us truly ready to face up to poverty while the

president claims america has never been so great 40000000 of transfer low citizens are still caught in the clutches of poverty. player. out of the comfort zone. into the crisis zone theater director milorad doesn't shy away from human suffering he demands an incredible amount from both his actors audiences artist activist prices for your

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