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[[File:Homeless.jpg|thumb|250px|A homeless woman.]]

[[File:Homeless.jpg|thumb|250px|A homeless woman.]]

A '''homeless''' person is someone without their own housing, living catch-as-catch can, sometimes outside. The causes are many: incompetence, alcoholism, and poor mental health.  Many receive [[Social Security]] disability income and qualify for Section 8 subsidized housing, but do not take advantage of government programs designed for their assistance . After various [[ACLU]] lawsuits many mental hospitals that once housed the homeless have been shut down,<ref>[[Thomas Sowell]], ''The Vision of the Anointed, pp. 149-153.</ref> and the weakness of family ties means their relatives are alienated and do not help.  Meals are often available from churches and social outreach agencies.  They get income by begging, stealing, working at casual labor or from the government.  What income they do have often goes to support a drug habit rather than essentials like food or housing.  Some also work consistent jobs in retail or food service.<ref>https://www.rt.com/usa/409230-silicon-valley-working-homeless/</ref> Money is not safe for they suffer heavily from robbery and this is due to past financial mistakes: many homeless do not have access to regular bank services and rely on cash checking and prepaid debit cards. <ref>https://www.cnbc.com/id/100661088</ref>

A '''homeless''' person is someone without their own housing, living catch-as-catch can, sometimes outside. Many receive [[Social Security]] disability income and qualify for Section 8 subsidized housing, but do not take advantage of government programs designed for their assistance . After various [[ACLU]] lawsuits many mental hospitals that once housed the homeless have been shut down,<ref>[[Thomas Sowell]], ''The Vision of the Anointed, pp. 149-153.</ref> and the weakness of family ties means their relatives are alienated and do not help.  Meals are often available from churches and social outreach agencies.  They get income by begging, stealing, working at casual labor or from the government.  What income they do have often goes to support a drug habit rather than essentials like food or housing.  Some also work consistent jobs in retail or food service.<ref>https://www.rt.com/usa/409230-silicon-valley-working-homeless/</ref> Money is not safe for they suffer heavily from robbery and this is due to past financial mistakes: many homeless do not have access to regular bank services and rely on cash checking and prepaid debit cards. <ref>https://www.cnbc.com/id/100661088</ref>

==Numbers and definitions==

==Numbers and definitions==

==1970s==

==1970s==

Urban renewal created much of the problem. In San Diego, California, the Centre City Development Corporation's urban renewal project in the Gaslamp Quarter began in 1968. Aimed at making the area a national historic district and bringing upper- and middle-class tourists and suburban residents to downtown San Diego, the project effectively displaced and disrupted thousands of elderly people, working-class poor, homeless, and others from this area of the city.<ref>Jordan Ervin, "Reinventing Downtown San Diego: a Spatial and Cultural Analysis of the Gaslamp Quarter," ''Journal of San Diego History'' 2007 53(4): 188-217,</ref>  

The Kennedy and Johnson administration's [[Urban Renewal]] program created much of the problem. In San Diego, California, the Centre City Development Corporation's urban renewal project in the Gaslamp Quarter began in 1968. Aimed at making the area a national historic district and bringing upper- and middle-class tourists and suburban residents to downtown San Diego, the project effectively displaced and disrupted thousands of elderly people, working-class poor, homeless, and others from this area of the city.<ref>Jordan Ervin, "Reinventing Downtown San Diego: a Spatial and Cultural Analysis of the Gaslamp Quarter," ''Journal of San Diego History'' 2007 53(4): 188-217,</ref>

==Liberal Hypocrisy==

==Liberal Hypocrisy==