From New York to LA: America's deepening housing crisis

An American flag files in Sacramento, California. This tent city is growing steadily amid rising foreclosures and increasing unemployment Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Homeless man John Kraintz stands in front of his tent in a 'Safe Ground' encampment in Sacramento, California Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

An eviction team removes furniture from a forclosed home in Security, Colorado. The owners had been unable to make mortgage payments months ago, prompting the banks to take over the property Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

Renee Hadley rolls a cigarette in her tent in Sacramento, California Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A sign hangs outside a foreclosed home in north Las Vegas Photograph: Ethan Miller/Getty Images

A woman walks past a man sleeping rough on a New York street Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

An eviction team removes belongings left behind during foreclosure proceedings on a home in Lafayette, Colorado Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

Sheriff's deputy Rick Ferguson watches as tenants hurry to load up a moving truck ahead of an eviction team in Boulder, Colorado. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

Antlee Accius watches Barack Obama's Address to Congress in the lounge of a foreclosed home that he and his family reoccupied with the rest of his family Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Marie Nadine Pierre holds her baby, Nennon, as she walks inside the 'people-less' house where she lives in Miami. Pierre is squatting in a foreclosed home Photograph: J Pat Carter/AP

Jose Clemente walks through the empty living room of his former home in Culver City, California, after being forced to leave when the lenders foreclosed on his landlord. The foreclosure crisis is hitting inner-cities hard as landlords default on mortgages in record numbers forcing residents onto the street Photograph: Jason Redmond/AP

Mary Trody and her daughter, Annie Thomas, sit in a van parked outside the foreclosed home that she and her family reoccupied helped by the group 'Take Back the Land' in Miami, Florida Photograph: Joe Raedle

Jennifer Ross, living in a homeless shelter with her five children, sits in the shelter dining hall in Dallas, Texas Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

A woman carries a pillow and sleeping bag as she lines up in the car park of the neighbourhood homeless charity day in Daly City, California. Thousands of people lined up for the NACA Save the Dream event for help having their mortgages restructured to avoid foreclosure Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images