Homes for the Holidays

Press Release
For Immediate Release
12-01-03

For more info contact: Sam Heller, Cheri Honkala 215-668-8228, or Maria Delmoral 215-668-8228

As the Bush Administration spends $87 billion more on the military and on "rebuilding Iraq," thousands of families are homeless this holiday season in Philadelphia. At 4 pm Tuesday December 2, current homeless families belonging to the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, and other members of the KWRU will again raise the need for "HOMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS."

They encourage people to mourn for the casualties of the war in Iraq, as well as the casualties of the war at home. The $87 billion being spent on this war is money not being spent for needs here at home, one of the most urgent being the need of homeless families for a place to live with their children this holiday season.

For more information, read www.kwru.org and see the recent study done by the Affordable Housing Coalition, of which KWRU is a principal organization, a study by Dennis Culhane which looks at the serious lack of affordable housing in Philadelphia.