InflationUS | August 12, 2010
Chaos: 30,000 near Atlanta seek place on rent-aid wait list
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Today outside Atlanta, an estimated 30,000 people waited for hours in a broiling parking lot for the chance to get on a waiting list for federal help paying rent. News outlets report it was chaos outside the East Point Housing Authority, as tempers and temperatures flared.
Georgia city taking measures to avoid housing sign-up chaos
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/12/geor...
Thursday, people returned the filled-out applications for housing assistance. And officials used a different procedure in the hope of keeping order. Housing authority officials and police were accepting forms as applicants drove by. Those not in cars could walk up to tables where officials accepted the forms.
A steady stream of cars and some foot traffic was evident, but not the craziness of Wednesday, when the applications were distributed.
Video: A shot at housing
"As soon as the doors were opened panic ensued," the East Point Fire Department said in a news release.
Riot at East Point: A Sign of the Times
http://blogs.alternet.org/grantlawren...
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