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But with hospitals coming under fire and running out of supplies, medical care is scarce.

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As deportations slow construction, and tariffs and trade wars make supplies scarcer and more expensive, the housing shortage becomes an even deeper crisis.

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She is now living in temporary shelter where food is scarce and water unclean.

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“It’s important for people to consider that shows are sacred, especially in the U.S. where financial support is scarce,” she added.

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Social services, such as safe houses for abused women and their children, are often scarce or nonexistent in rural areas.

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