This week our group presented “Tell them who I am” by Elliot Liebrow. It illustrated what women in the 1980’s endured while being homeless in the Washington DC area. These women suffered not only  physically, but emotionally. They live differently than we do,and forced to abandon values in order to survive. The problem lies in the communities that don’t support low in come people. All though the situations are different there is a similar outcome,they end up on the streets. By looking at the other books in class we were able to see the similarities that these people went through. They each had to change their life style in order to survive and deal with disappointment and sadness in their own unique ways. By understanding and being proactive about their situation we can find solutions outside of just forcing them to get out of their situation on their own. Even so,every situation requires funding, from multiple sources to lift these people because every situation is different,and not everyone wants to leave.  I understand the policy of forcing them out,but its not effective. The end goal should be to eliminate homelessness,not push them to other areas or policy that criminalize their forced lifestyle.