4 Reasons Homelessness Will Get Worse Before it Gets Better

Homelessness has been a part of our society for centuries. Some people in this world are just not able to take care of themselves and provide for their basic survival needs (food, shelter, and clothing). While reasons for this have been debated for centuries, the fact is that there are more people in this world than ever before — more wealth, more government. Yet homelessness numbers continue to surge.

The reasons and opinions for this grow as well. Knowledge and understanding are at an all-time low. That means feelings of frustration and resentment are at all-time highs. Compassion takes a severe blow. The government yields to ongoing pressure to try to remove these people from our society in hopes they’ll never return to the streets where we have to see them every day and be reminded of society’s failed responsibility to help others. The frustration mounts.

The good news is that the homeless are not as invisible as they use to be. The government continues to throw billions of taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars at this epidemic in the form of more emergency shelters and “affordable housing.” Yet the numbers are surging, and assigning blame and creating a false narrative about why they are homeless with historical stereotypes is the new norm.