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in southern california the sun rises in san diego right. next to a major road in this parking lot it's 54 year old maria de. st louis went to bed and. this comes as her husband. this is every day. this routine about stretching my bed. really no longer has a place to live she's been sleeping in have done for a year now. looks pretty nice you don't you don't feel it doesn't seem to you live here but you do i have seen people with their cars so 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. this is the way i won and it 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 portable toilets and

a small outdoor kitchen women rhea prepares him morning coffee before going to work . this kind of wood will or pro coffee which is very famous in the united states. marine is 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 is ok it didn't work but by ok bye bye see ya later they say what no i don't have no. no bad no no furniture

or no house. it's just my car i have a safe 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 chance to 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 about it. if i knew they would but if. i did why should we becoming homeless overnight is what these americans fear most because here the system is not very kind to those short of cash. or you're going to have a drug in the possession forget you're going to be in some states being late on your rent is no laughing matter. one by one tenants are addicted at gunpoint where are the. people in the whole thing. so these americans on the verge of ruin seeking medical treatment can cost a fortune. and take your medicine to theirs 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. the country have walls. and insights 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 is picture postcard california san diego is also one of the most dynamic says he's 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 the staffer to put syria. well. already today. here yes. thank you. if you take you know that these are the slices that they have a nervous boy or that they're having for too long then they put them in the fridge for me so that they donate them. to. every comes every evening to pick up some leftover pets 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 women rear tina also lives his pits the deliveries make his neighbors very happy. likely

rela a 55 year old driver. now are hungry. no no no i had a private. 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 it would just. hold out for some layers of clothing was not going furniture my savings. i ended up. basically burning through everything and what can afford to stay an apartment. 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. yeah it's where i work it's a little hard. i have to lift a lady she's very had. back and forth back to. 9 hours. it's a lot of hours but i'm ok. thirsty my food my bed i'm ready to jump in my bed but. we're tied. 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 might. and could be alarmed if somebody is trying to break in i will know i come back the 1st break. and my head might cut or some a trying to break in. 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 that 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 take longer. 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 eviction in the country how are located in virginia in richmond alone around $3000.00 tenants are forced out of their homes every year. the evictions a routine job for office a loyal from the sheriff's office several times a week he distributes the dreaded you know notices. in the state of the gin. 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 officer loyal does not show much sympathy. this morning he and his colleagues have to evict the residents of this house.

yes. and just like when arresting a dangerous criminal. they enter the home with the guns drawn. jerry. the tenant is not currently at home and clearly they have not had time to vacate the premises. there's no you're ok. as with the landlord he immediately reclaims his property she really i'm checking the windows you know what. to make sure there is a secure. the tenant has arrived and is in shock she had been renting the house was 7 he is a single mother to a grown up daughter she works but has frequently struggled 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 easy on you like to be headquarters in a back yard or whatever if you have a removed because if he has a token we remove it that's an added expense that you'd be looking at yes i mean that's when i do think all this is. due i think it's hard not to gotta do we gotta do what i gotta do what i gotta do what are you going to sleep why am i going to sleep you know if you can all see about me. yeah i can yeah thank you have a good day she's immediately rendered homeless no room for negotiation she's the only way to move. that's up to her if that's the only way she said she would move before this didn't move. maybe she had nowhere to go. you know she never did say that to me. but. 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 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 my own this is our bed bedroom living. family are everywhere and. this is the little kitchen which. made hamburgers clean the dishes or you know we played video games and.

you know 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 to leave for 2 years here no more cramped 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 passed eviction continues to haunt them. 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 i'm not they're not giving you a place because they're like oh you have. you know shows that you didn't pay just

like 2 months or something like that and it definitely was a detriment to it there was no way of getting anywhere. 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 taters 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 lord 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 you break an ankle when 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 mines are closed. 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 blues and stacey are 2 volunteers who give 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 a free but towards the end of the month when the stream from. maybe one. of the cardinals will know the obvious of the modern i just want to be one of the know where i usually skip breakfast to watch. or to watch in the night and so on if you like. being pushed to the point of starving you know are

they really 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 the most a plan to put an end to poverty. here and now declares armed no war on poverty in america i one of his ideas was to create food stamps coupons given free of charge to the poor and. 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 rania 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's an unemployed single mother who has 3 children to take care of leah lindsey and jayden fortunately jennifer receives food stamps. on the forests. according to him any kid who has. put in so much on their. $646.00 just basically just 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 yeah. so i really and jennifer can spend their food coupons in any supermarket 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 in appalachian they are by no means the only ones who use one. of many people to come to terms here. and probably have a republican 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 here they voted 80 percent in favor of trump and their support for him continues seemingly unabated to an invisible extra cash so iranian does household chores for her neighbors. for a few dollars she also cuts james's head he works in a mine and is a loyal trump follower i am from france. what has he done everything. you know crawford is willing to help other countries but he's got to work. thus far i have not. gone proper the billionaire. conscious family ever were to go into children who would walk for ever war with you know 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 of a nation has not improved poverty is pervasive here and has led to some strange developments. in the middle of the nice in this small town dozens of cars interest showground. the world or rather the fuel for now. i'll suggest you to be back here about 3 or 4. well it kind of gypsy out because imagine when you start it's everybody's i'm not looking for a concert to get there just to keep you keep your boat or something to do. with these people are gathering full here on this is simply to see a doctor because every year here for a weekend all you're gonna get in this lot is medical on site and nonprofit organization and ranges free consultations out there is the huge 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 you know 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. side any and has arrived with a family who needs jennifer and her 3 children they will need to see the dentist or medical. these in the us are the most expensive in the world and unaffordable for a large section of the population so staying up all night seems like a small price to pay in your struggle because you see here it's not easy. if you do absolutely the alternatives. margaret.

after. the family arrived 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 guard your door your star will call a group of 20 your gear all 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 a host of volunteers nurses family doctors but also specialists who are able to treat more complicated illnesses. the most remarkable part takes place in the sports hall transformed into

a gigantic dental care facility. all day long 60 dentists scale drill filled and removed teeth. as she surveys the scene so raynier is overcome with emotion. beautiful all the people volunteer and so many people getting help that need it. the former sister passed away. she had albert take it out and she didn't. i have 80 replies 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 god i know that she'll be seen to be

a young student soon to complete his medical degree before treating so rania has had time to familiarize himself with the job or you know there are so many times to extract the character arc. i just read that 52 today could be worse off here so if you want to. hear it yeah it's pretty good to hear. he will spend a quarter of an hour removing so rainiest tooth his 16th of the day. you feel. like i have a big mouth. but there's no time to take a breather here so rainy and now proceeds to the locker rooms i got was i'm back here so this is a bad day where i throw everything i a dental purse this is studio like the rest of the temporary facility it's run by

volunteers and funded by donations will that help wait a bit more likely it's the 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 renia can look forward to showing off a new smile. your. little girl doesn't feel. awkward but ok here. was my god and what do you think you are the grave wolpert yet over. well. that was. our big smile out. oh. i was. here a few. years nor did

i can. smile and feel that. all i want to remember. 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 are saying to us in hollywood. 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 where 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 heart 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 dream. 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 rent. whenever they like but nobody's paychecks are getting bigger. outraged by the growing distance to sion 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 alice and leah regularly pay her a visit. right. now caney has been living here for 5 years in a small tent that she shares with another woman. they desperately vulnerable to the

dangers of the street and have already been assaulted several times. but just look at it everywhere they just 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 lights right over here so it's very dark and you know especially as a woman that's pretty damn scary even if the guy has been spared the 3 boys walk up in the dark walk right and do whatever they want. to help these people elvis ones to do more than just bring them bottles of. 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. very small but inside honestly i have thought of every thing to improve the daily lives of these people.

we do our yes so. so as someone tries to open the window of the alarm. this right 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 panels each cabin costs 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 disturbed nice to me bro me i'm brownie

christers the 32 year old and his 3 months pregnant she lives on the curb of the sidewalk with a partner entrée. i was i was hoping you were going to be gone. for 4 years now the couple have been sleeping in this tiny cot that is a health hazard on wheels. even you eat me alive america through the good everything. i have good hard to be. 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 is 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. in los angeles. yeah. but i think a lot of both of you congratulations. a few days after filming the police threaten to destroy the cabin unless elvis removed it. he and the couple managed 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. the next stop is texas and the conservative city of waco. it has around 50

churches its 120000 residents here once a month a religious community organizers a curious program. people come from all over the united states to take parts. the. leave. your door was open for you not really knowing you know george you know a little what what you know of your work that we're going to be famous for for 24 hours these high school students are going to live eat and sleep in a role playing sanaa. you know 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.

but the goal is to create a compassionate care for humanity and poverty everybody can get the american dream but when you're trapped in poverty in the cycles of poverty if you act that way to get you out ok here's what i've seen and heard of janet around says 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 don't even get me to soften my down. with that i'm happy about my 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 yard 53 year old martha however is slightly concerned like

you i'm scared of bugs. i'm scared of bugs she thought long and hard before signing up it was a husband who convinced her to take past. it doesn't look like real situation right right yes yes it doesn't smell like you it doesn't smell like you're angry it's just rats running everywhere yeah i know this is definitely a luxury of my senses yeah yeah. the fact there is a comfort nonetheless although it won't be a very long night. 'd ever. everyone at 6 o'clock the next day janet to roll gives everyone a wake up call and they don't look particularly well rested i mark. it's not real on this situation they're safe 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 this could be really rough. for the next stage of the program the participants are sent to downtown waco. today is to find something to eat on their own and without any money. you smell the food. so. should i ask the sky. came up big for seems to be one of restaurants like in many other cities in the u.s. baking is a punishable offense it's also forbidden to rummage through garbage bins but there's no food in their. property and reclaiming anything at all from them is

considered stealing in order to bind the homeless and way they feel forced to break the law. i would say participants are not going to find anything to eat and after 2 hours of walking to streets in 40 degrees heat most of feels faint. she calls her husband to pick her up. left feel like i feel like i'm too weak like i don't hear so like i'm too old and fat i can't do it you learn something about. what i would like would be like to be home. as. a here a couple every heart from is the us truly ready to face up to poverty while the president claims america has never been so great 40000000 of terms fellow citizens are still course in the clutches of poverty.

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