Don’t Give the Homeless Your Sympathy
What They Really Need Is Access to Affordable Housing and Jobs
It doesn’t take more than a stroll down a city street to see that America has a homelessness problem. The guy tucked into in a stained blanket on the bench, the woman pushing a cart filled with everything she owns—from New York to Los Angeles, there are more than half a million people sleeping outside or in some form of transitional housing.
While this number is lower than it was during the recession, homelessness is still on the rise in many of the country’s major cities. New York City’s homeless …
