It is a poverty problem. People become homeless for a wide range of reasons, but once there, it's hard to get out. How much harder do you think it is to get a j

It is a poverty problem. People become homeless for a wide range of reasons, but once there, it's hard to get out. How much harder do you think it is to get a job, deal with essential bureaucracy when you have no fixed address? It isn't because of a shortage of housing. There are homeless everywhere. The most effective solution to homelessness is literally giving people a home. Not just because it means that technically you aren't homeless any more, but it gives someone a chance to get their shit together again. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/25/housing-first-homeless-charlotte_n_5022628.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/25/housing-first-homel...