Housing around Grand Rapids rapidly increases, for small bedrooms can turn into a fortune. LINC Executive Director Jeremy Deroo tells WOOD TV 8 the importance of having fixed-income houses for residents, “It’s critical right now to provide housing for low-income families. So people that are renting places are often people that are working full-time jobs and just can’t find an affordable place to live,” Deroo also explains that two-bedroom apartments can usually find themselves ranging from $500-600 or even up to $1,000 dollars or more every month. Putting these parents, or citizens generally in a very tough spot and possibly in a very rough spot financially. However, the expanding rent on a property is not the only issue that leads families to find themselves in difficult situations. Domestic violence is another leading cause to families becoming homeless. In desperation of finding security, families will try to escape from toxic environments. There is also poor aftercare for these families when they are rehoused after …show more content…
In 2000, the amount of children who become homeless estimated between 61,500 to 500,000 on any night of the week conducted by the Children’s Defense Fund. These children are put onto the streets or even into housings which can lead to many problems as time forms with them and can suffer with higher rates of insecurities followed with other mental/self-esteem issues. Although living in shelters provides numerous amounts of better benefits than sleeping on the street, it also can lead the children nearly on a similar path of not living in shelter housing (Davey). When families are living in fixed-income homes, there’s granted security. If locations in Grand Rapids, specifically those who are fit for section 8, are suddenly faced with increased rent and not bringing in enough money, can put the children into very stressful