Vicky, can you sharpen your pencil for an analysis of people with children also? Make sure you include the EITC, Working Family Credit, food stamps, etc. (and day care costs should also be included... wow this gets really complicated, but it's worth doing even if we leave off some categories of people at first).
Mark V Anderson Bancroft Neighborhood I would like to know this, too. My daughter was one of a large number of people recently laid off from a bank in Minneapolis. She is a single parent, with a five and a two year old. She has daycare costs to contend with as well. Sharing a apartment with someone is not a real option as, most single people without kids don't want to room with a mom. The kids need their own space. She was making $10 an hour, but now that she is laid off, her subsidized daycare will be taken away. She was not on Section 8, she was cutting corners and doing all the right things, but the system doesn't look at that. They don't allow you any time to regroup. You lose your job, you get cut off at the knees all at once. This contributes to the homeless issues. My daughter neither smokes nor drinks nor has loud parties or wild friends. We have family in the city but I come from a large family. They do not have space. Anyone know of a good boarding house (not a shelter) and/or kindly landlord who will take in a women with kids that is safe? I don't want them in a dump. Thanks. Pamela Taylor (Tampa) TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
