…the economic downturn came too fast and many have been forced to trade their middle-class homes for lives in shelters, motels and at the far extreme, tented encampments.
Where America treads Britain soon follows. The third world is getting closer to home.
Panorama's Hilary Andersson meets some of America's most desperate families and finds that some are now being sent to live in tented encampments as a last resort.
