The year of 2005 was a wicked year for the poor and impoverished across the nation, and there is no relief in sight. Hundreds of thousands of people have been made homeless from evictions, disasters, and budget bills that take resources from the poor. People in areas from Marin County to Santa Cruz, and from New Orleans to Chicago faced crises in funding and availability of housing. Natural disasters affected people all the way through the year, including a storm in Northern California that displaced thousands on the last weekend of the year. Housing writer Lynda Carson said, "Let 2005 be a reminder that the Bush administration hates poor people and must be removed from power as soon as possible." Read Lynda Carson's review of the US's 2005 housing and poverty crisis