Sarah Arnquist recently wrote an article exploring the possibility of ending homelessness. I include an excerpt:
Is ending homelessness a realistic goal?
The National Alliance to End Homelessness and the federal government have championed the idea that it is possible to end homelessness, or at least significantly reduce the number of people who chronically lack a place to live.
Cities such as Denver, San Francisco and St. Louis have reduced the number of people sleeping on their streets by one-third in the past few years. The cities say it is less expensive to move homeless people into housing than leave them in the streets.
I absolutely see ending homelessness as a realistic goal. If (at the misdirection of the government) our society can waste trillions of dollars on needless wars such as that in Iraq, then we can easily end homelessness.
Homeless people don’t choose homelessness. Remember, struggling employed single white females make up the highest population of homeless and poor people. Let’s take our money back from the corrupt government and put it towards the realistic goal of ending homelessness instead of militarism and imperialism.