City Spot

Tampa, FLA (November 30, 2010)- On the corner of Fowler Ave and Bruce B. Downs, Rick Hampton spends hours and hours in hopes to gather spare change to eat and sleep. Rick is part of the non-profit organization called HHH, Homeless Helping Homeless, where other homeless individuals provide shelter and food for anyone in a distress situation. The number is homeless people in Tampa is said to rise within the New Year. Rick has only been “homeless” for three years, because he does not have a birth certificate to gain residency and a job. With no family in Florida, Rick is forced to the streets to beg for money.