The homelessness number is at a staggering number 578,424 people (as of January 2014). As of January 2015 the number has come down to 564,708 people. Only a decrease of 13,716 in over a year is not enough. Some say that such high numbers are caused by drug abuse or misguided entitlement programs. Some believe it’s the cause by lack of funds in social-service programs or failure to create a economic opportunity. Yet still some believe that people choose to live homeless and could make ends meet for themselves if they just applied themselves to the task. In Jeannette Walls memoir “The Glass Castle” she writes of how she believes in the last reason. I believe that it could be a combination of two of the reasons, lack of help and lack of motivation.
