She has masterfully mixed the macabre with the motivating. Global forums are en vogue. Conferences specifically addressing issues of poverty, homelessness, and hunger also include a select audience. The local economy bottomed out while homelessness and poverty rose.
Some residents opt for the informal economy, selling scrap metal or raising chickens in vacant lots.
The Kensington district is not an American anomaly. As documented in a 1998 Economic Policy Institute study, The United States has the highest overall poverty rate among the world's advanced economies. When media attention does address the lower class, it highlights their inaptitude. The majority are not homeless because of mental health or drug addiction. The majority of homeless in this country are women and children.