DO YOU KNOW:

 

* Gainesville has the highest poverty rate of any city with a public university?

 

* There are 1200 homeless in Gainesville?

 

* 40% of the local homeless are vets (some back from Iraq already)?

 

* 1/3 of the local homeless women left their homes due to an abusive relationship?

 

* 350 children are homeless in Gainesville?

 

* Homeless rates of substance abuse and mental illness are not higher than the rest of the population?

 

* A resident of Gainesville must work 77 hours per week at minimum wage to afford a local low-end apartment?

 

* Gainesville is ranked the 5th meanest city in the country for homeless people?

 

* The cost of living in Gainesville is higher than Tampa?

 

* Harvard is the only university with a student-run homeless shelter?

 

* UF has $2 billion in assets?

 

* UF received a "F grade" on financial transparency by an independent NGO?

 

Sources:

• Alachua County Coalition for the Hungry and Homeless
• City of Gainesville Economic Development Department

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