Surge in Homeless Families Sets Off Debate on Cause

"We are always full," said Darlene Johnson, executive director of the shelter. "Pretty much bursting out of the seams." With its rents near record highs and wages stagnant, this wind-swept Plains city of 60,000 about 60 miles northwest of Minneapolis has seen the number of families requesting shelter climb by 45 percent in the last decade, to an average of 124 families a night. [more]