After realizing the intricate and interdependent nature of the causes of homelessness, we can start to see how the individual and structural causes start to reinforce each other.  With wages falling and the system failures of our time being exacerbated by an unequal system of disparity, what can be done?  I was looking at some different sites and read an article that posted a very similar story to one that Samantha had posted, but it was not in HP, it was in Nation of Change.  The article describes what we are actively becoming aware of and describes how Utah, a republican state, has reduced homelessness by 78% in the last eight years.   It is even proposed that homelessness is to be ended in Utah by 2015.  http://www.nationofchange.org/utah-ending-homelessness-giving-people-homes-1390056183

Another aspect of that article and of another video I saw recently is touching on this aspect of how to react, and it gives us a good test of how the public or figures are looking at and how they generally view homelessness and the stigmatic nature of this issue.  I’m talking about passing legislation such as what we saw in Santa Monica and many other cities that make homelessness either illegal, or the assisting of said homeless persons illegal.  This particular avenue of moving all homeless away and into camps is rather scary, and not something I am supportive of or would want to be part of as an American.  So with these two contrasting stories I hope to illustrate the various routes that can be taken, and the effectiveness of one over many others.

http://truthia.com/its-now-illegal-to-be-homeless/