November 19, 2007

Housing slump hits charity $, hikes need (AP)

Collleen Galy of Brooklyn shops for food at the BedStuy Campaign Against Hunger, part of the New York Food Bank in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007. Nonprofit executives are nervously watching the economy's housing-related malaise because of the impact it could have on charitable giving. The funding worries come as food banks and homeless shelters face reduced assistance from the federal government and increased demand from lower-income families struggling with higher food and energy prices. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)AP – The housing market bust has punished homebuilders, lenders and investors. Now the homeless and the hungry may be victimized.

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