[didgetmaster]

Homelessness, like poverty, crime, and ignorance will never be eradicated. There are just too many people who refuse to accept a way out of them, even if others think that way is easy.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. That does not mean we should stop finding ways to help those who feel trapped by them and will take a opportunity when it is presented. There are countless 'success stories' where people change.

Thus, 'solving' homelessness is a fools errand. Using resources wisely to maximize its effect on as many as possible should be the goal.