Why?

We need to have a conversation about homelessness.

All across the world, people hurry about their daily lives, hardly noticing as their fellow human beings prepare a bed of cardboard boxes and plastic sheets. Although often blamed, neither over-population nor a lack of space is the cause of homelessness. Rather untreated mental health problems, the breakdown of families, drugs and alcohol abuse, and a thousand other tragic issues cause people to find themselves living on the streets.

Throughout the development of our modern society, we have seen humanity accomplish some truly remarkable achievements. And yet, somehow putting a roof over the heads of those most in need is not one of those achievements.

The conversation we need to have is, why?